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... myriametres ( 80 mean leagues of 2,500 toises , or 100 short leagues ) . The Abbé Sallier , how- ever , in his remarks on this passage , in 1786 , says , " it would not exceed 150 of our Paris leagues . " This is a half more than the ...
... myriametres ( 80 mean leagues of 2,500 toises , or 100 short leagues ) . The Abbé Sallier , how- ever , in his remarks on this passage , in 1786 , says , " it would not exceed 150 of our Paris leagues . " This is a half more than the ...
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... myriametres , 029 ( 37 leagues ) ; and from Nice one may discover with the naked eye the mountains of Corsica , which are distant 28 myriametres , ( about 57 leagues ) . The first of these distances exceeds a fifth , and the se- cond is ...
... myriametres , 029 ( 37 leagues ) ; and from Nice one may discover with the naked eye the mountains of Corsica , which are distant 28 myriametres , ( about 57 leagues ) . The first of these distances exceeds a fifth , and the se- cond is ...
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... myriametres , 555 , or 49 leagues of 2,500 toises ) . " It is a mistake to suppose that the ancients used instruments for the purpose of increasing the strength and loudness of the voice ; and the word Some experiments being made in ...
... myriametres , 555 , or 49 leagues of 2,500 toises ) . " It is a mistake to suppose that the ancients used instruments for the purpose of increasing the strength and loudness of the voice ; and the word Some experiments being made in ...
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... myriametres : the and fire beacons , that they might have 30 days journey would accordingly be intelligence sent them in one day of equal to 150 myriametres , ( or about any commotions that happened in 308 leagues ) ; and 15,408 men ...
... myriametres : the and fire beacons , that they might have 30 days journey would accordingly be intelligence sent them in one day of equal to 150 myriametres , ( or about any commotions that happened in 308 leagues ) ; and 15,408 men ...
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Page 517 - d, then she picks her way, Slowly and cautious, in the clinging clay ; Till, in mid-green, she trusts a place unsound, And deeply plunges in th' adhesive ground ; Thence, but with pain, her slender foot she takes, While hope the mind, as strength the frame, forsakes : For, when so full the cup of sorrow grows, Add but a drop, it instantly o'erflows.
Page 429 - ... would suppose him animated by the spirit of the creature he describes. And with all his drollery there is a mixture of rational and even religious reflection, at times, and always an air of pleasantry, good-nature, and humanity, that makes him, in my mind, one of the most amiable writers in the world.
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