The two creations: nature and art1849 |
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... surface of the street , and the chamber extends over more than an acre of ground . The strange dresses of the workmen , their unintelligible talk , and the gloomy aspect of the edifice , make it seem a most unearthly place . After ...
... surface of the street , and the chamber extends over more than an acre of ground . The strange dresses of the workmen , their unintelligible talk , and the gloomy aspect of the edifice , make it seem a most unearthly place . After ...
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... surface of the ground . Here the guide provided two torches , and , putting one into my hands , and carrying the other himself , proceeded to raise a sort of trap - door , and bidding us follow him , began to descend . My friend ...
... surface of the ground . Here the guide provided two torches , and , putting one into my hands , and carrying the other himself , proceeded to raise a sort of trap - door , and bidding us follow him , began to descend . My friend ...
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... surfaces glistened in the torch - light . The Eastern dress of our guide , his flowing beard , the dismal silence of this strange place , unbroken , save by the paddling of the boat and the gleaming of our unearthly lights , made me ...
... surfaces glistened in the torch - light . The Eastern dress of our guide , his flowing beard , the dismal silence of this strange place , unbroken , save by the paddling of the boat and the gleaming of our unearthly lights , made me ...
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... surface of the water . Unlike most other guides , ours was by no means communi- cative , and only by dint of questioning him could we learn anything from him . He said , ' the water was unfathomable , and it was as it always had been ...
... surface of the water . Unlike most other guides , ours was by no means communi- cative , and only by dint of questioning him could we learn anything from him . He said , ' the water was unfathomable , and it was as it always had been ...
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... surface , though it is two hundred and thirty thousand miles distant , than we do of some parts of our own globe . As we look at the new moon with the naked eye , it is easy to perceive that the inner circle of it presents an extremely ...
... surface , though it is two hundred and thirty thousand miles distant , than we do of some parts of our own globe . As we look at the new moon with the naked eye , it is easy to perceive that the inner circle of it presents an extremely ...
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