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Page 179
THE uncommonly mild weather of the season ( which cannot be called winter ) , succeeding the great drought of last summer , has produced an effect upon agriculture never before recollected in this climate . All kinds of vegetation are ...
THE uncommonly mild weather of the season ( which cannot be called winter ) , succeeding the great drought of last summer , has produced an effect upon agriculture never before recollected in this climate . All kinds of vegetation are ...
Page 229
We know also that the rocks of Scylla are hollowed into numerous caverns , among which the water rushing in , circulating and bursting out again , produces that noise which , according to Homer , resembles the barking of many dogs ...
We know also that the rocks of Scylla are hollowed into numerous caverns , among which the water rushing in , circulating and bursting out again , produces that noise which , according to Homer , resembles the barking of many dogs ...
Page 264
A swell is produced by a difference in the touch , and a perfect crescendo and diminuendo can be otained at pleasure . The compass of the instrument is five octaves and a half , and it is singular that the several parts produce sounds ...
A swell is produced by a difference in the touch , and a perfect crescendo and diminuendo can be otained at pleasure . The compass of the instrument is five octaves and a half , and it is singular that the several parts produce sounds ...
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