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A series of Letters from Java , Singapore , China , Bengal , Egypt , the Holy Land , the Crimea and its battle - grounds , England , Melbourne , Sydney , & c . , & c . By George Francis Train , of Boston .
A series of Letters from Java , Singapore , China , Bengal , Egypt , the Holy Land , the Crimea and its battle - grounds , England , Melbourne , Sydney , & c . , & c . By George Francis Train , of Boston .
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... convicted of felonies and the more serious offences , I am of opinion , that private labor ought to be included generally in the sentences of thieves and robbers , " The official report goes on to advocate , on the same grounds ...
... convicted of felonies and the more serious offences , I am of opinion , that private labor ought to be included generally in the sentences of thieves and robbers , " The official report goes on to advocate , on the same grounds ...
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Against the doctrines laid down in this extract , we object on many grounds . We had thought that the views expressed in Pope's Universal Prayer ' had been long since exploded among men of sense , from being so perfectly inconsistent ...
Against the doctrines laid down in this extract , we object on many grounds . We had thought that the views expressed in Pope's Universal Prayer ' had been long since exploded among men of sense , from being so perfectly inconsistent ...
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The fort with its lofty sandstone walls ; the palace of Akbar , covering a large space of ground , and including numerous objects of special interest ; the arsenal , with all its array of bristling cannon , its hall of trophies ...
The fort with its lofty sandstone walls ; the palace of Akbar , covering a large space of ground , and including numerous objects of special interest ; the arsenal , with all its array of bristling cannon , its hall of trophies ...
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The Romans provided heavy buttresses rising from the ground : but in the Sassanian monuments , the corners are filled high up the walls by pendentives or brackets formed of arches , grouped together in the most ingenious way .
The Romans provided heavy buttresses rising from the ground : but in the Sassanian monuments , the corners are filled high up the walls by pendentives or brackets formed of arches , grouped together in the most ingenious way .
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