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... contains several large squares , the chief of which is adorned with a trinity column , 115 ft . high , erected in 1740 . The most prominent church is the cathedral , a Gothic building of the 14th century , restored in 1883-1886 , with a ...
... contains several large squares , the chief of which is adorned with a trinity column , 115 ft . high , erected in 1740 . The most prominent church is the cathedral , a Gothic building of the 14th century , restored in 1883-1886 , with a ...
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... contains many villages em- bosomed in palm groves and surrounded with orchards and fields . In addition to cereals and vegetables , the cultivation of fruit is abundant throughout the valley . After the date , vines , peaches , apricots ...
... contains many villages em- bosomed in palm groves and surrounded with orchards and fields . In addition to cereals and vegetables , the cultivation of fruit is abundant throughout the valley . After the date , vines , peaches , apricots ...
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... contains hardly any islands , the former splits up into a number of inlets , the largest being FIG . 2. - Floral diagram Povyenets Bay , and is crowded with islands ( e.g. Klimetsk ) and submerged rocks . It is thus the northern ...
... contains hardly any islands , the former splits up into a number of inlets , the largest being FIG . 2. - Floral diagram Povyenets Bay , and is crowded with islands ( e.g. Klimetsk ) and submerged rocks . It is thus the northern ...
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... contains many strata that are not oolitic ; and since oolitic structure occurs in limestones of all ages , it is misleading to employ the word in this way . | Megalosaurus ) , pterosaurs ( Rhamphocephalus ) , and in. occasional marine ...
... contains many strata that are not oolitic ; and since oolitic structure occurs in limestones of all ages , it is misleading to employ the word in this way . | Megalosaurus ) , pterosaurs ( Rhamphocephalus ) , and in. occasional marine ...
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... contains the most brilliant and resourceful examples yet achieved in this art ; but they are beyond the musical capacity of the English stage , which , however , has practised the worst forms of the method until it has become a disease ...
... contains the most brilliant and resourceful examples yet achieved in this art ; but they are beyond the musical capacity of the English stage , which , however , has practised the worst forms of the method until it has become a disease ...
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Page 71 - twould a saint provoke" (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke), " No, let a charming chintz, and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And, Betty, give this cheek a little red.
Page 71 - FAREWELL, too little and too lately known, Whom I began to think and call my own: For sure our souls were near allied, and thine Cast in the same poetic mould with mine. One common note on either lyre did strike, And knaves and fools we both abhorred alike.
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