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This primary object attained , it will yet remain to be shown that the North Pole itself is inaccessible , and that the difficulties of a north - west passage are insurmountable by ...
This primary object attained , it will yet remain to be shown that the North Pole itself is inaccessible , and that the difficulties of a north - west passage are insurmountable by ...
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I wish I could speak as favourably of their honesty and veracity .'- p . 243 . The next great object of Mr. Simpson's instructions was , as we have stated , to trace the unexplored interval from Franklin's point Turnagain to the ...
I wish I could speak as favourably of their honesty and veracity .'- p . 243 . The next great object of Mr. Simpson's instructions was , as we have stated , to trace the unexplored interval from Franklin's point Turnagain to the ...
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... Cortés observed one of Teuhtlile's attendants busy with a pencil , apparently delineating some object . ... their costumes , arms , and , in short , different objects of in- terest , giving to each its appropriate form and colour .
... Cortés observed one of Teuhtlile's attendants busy with a pencil , apparently delineating some object . ... their costumes , arms , and , in short , different objects of in- terest , giving to each its appropriate form and colour .
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A Description of the Canals and Railroads of | 5 |
IntimeMouvement LittérairePortraits 17891836 | 375 |
426 note omit Madame de St Aignan who was certainly saved | 426 |
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