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" ... and simple and rude as I had been accustomed to regard these implements, I found I had much to learn in the way of using them. They all proved inefficient, however, and the workmen had to bore into one of the inferior strata, and employ gunpowder.... "
The Old Red Sandstone, Or, New Walks in an Old Field - Page 29
by Hugh Miller - 1842 - 311 pages
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The Youth's magazine, or Evangelical miscellany

1843 - 628 pages
...had to bore into one of the inferior strata, and employ gunpowder. The process was new to me, and I deemed it a highly amusing one ; it had the merit,...direction, and an immense mass of the diluvium came topping down, bearing with it two dead birds that, in a recent storm, had crept into one of the deeper...
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Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight, Volume 2

Half hours - 1856 - 676 pages
...had to bore into one of the inferior strata, and employ gunpowder. The process was new to me, and I deemed it a highly amusing one : it had the merit,...flew in every direction ; and an immense mass of the diluvinm came toppling down, bearing with it two dead birds, that in a recent storm had crept into...
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The graduated series of reading-lesson books, Book 4

Graduated series - 1859 - 462 pages
...had to bore into one of the inferior strata, and t-mploy gunpowder. The process was new to me, and I deemed it a highly amusing one ; it had the merit, too, of being attended with some degree of danger, as a boating or rock excursion, and ':;"! thus an interest independent of its novelty....
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Fifty celebrated men: their lives and trials [&c.].

Fifty celebrated men - 1862 - 352 pages
...had to bore into one of the inferior strata, and employ gunpowder. The process was new to me ; and I deemed it a highly amusing one. It had the merit, too, of being attended with danger, and had thus an interest independent of its novelty. We had a few capital shots. The fragments...
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The School board readers. Standard i(iii-vi), ed. by a former H.M ..., Volume 6

School board readers - 1872 - 328 pages
...had to bore into one of the inferior strata, and employ gunpowder. The process was new to me, and I deemed it a highly amusing one; it had the merit,...with some such degree of danger as a boating or rock excuision, and had thus' an interest independent of its novelty. We had a few capital shots; the fragments...
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First (-Fourth) reading book, Book 3

Philip George and son, ltd - 1872 - 262 pages
...me, and I thought it a highly amusing one ; and its very danger added to my interest and excitement. We had a few capital shots ; the fragments flew in every direction, and an immense mass pame toppling down. The earth, in its fall, brought with it the bodies of two little birds, which had...
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The School Board Readers: Standard V : Adapted to the Requirements of the ...

1872 - 264 pages
...had to bore into one of the inferior strata, and employ gunpowder. The process was new to me, and I deemed it a highly amusing one ; it had the merit, too, of being attended with some degree of danger, as a boating or rock excursion, and had thus an interest independent of its novelty....
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Philips' series of reading books for public elementary schools, ed. by J.G ...

Philip George and son, ltd - 1875 - 362 pages
...had to bore into one of the inferior strata, and employ gunpowder. The process was new Jo me, and I deemed it a highly amusing one : it had the merit,...and had thus an interest independent of its novelty. The fragments flew in every direction ; and an immense mass of the diluvium came toppling down, bearing...
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Leisure hours with good authors

John C. Salmon - 1877 - 294 pages
...had to bore into one of the inferior strata, and employ gunpowder. The process was new to me, and I deemed it a highly amusing one ; it had the merit,...flew in every direction, and an immense mass of the diluvinm came toppling down, bearing with it two dead birds, that in a recent storm had crept into...
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New reader, Issue 6

New reader - 1879 - 392 pages
...inferior strata,4 and employ gunpowder. The process was new to me, and I deemed it a highly-amusing one ; it had the merit, too, of being attended with...flew in every direction ; and an immense mass of the diluvium11 came toppling down, hearing with it two dead '-'irds, that in a recent storm had crept into...
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