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Page 114
On both these questions we venture to refer our readers to our article , of the year 1840 , on Wrangell's expedition , vol . lxvi . p . 444 . Meanwhile the Franklins , the Backs , and the Simpsons have left but little to be achieved ...
On both these questions we venture to refer our readers to our article , of the year 1840 , on Wrangell's expedition , vol . lxvi . p . 444 . Meanwhile the Franklins , the Backs , and the Simpsons have left but little to be achieved ...
Page 129
... and honourable service , but the task is distressing ; and , as we could do nothing towards elucidating the truth , we leave our readers to read for themselves in the preface the few ascertained particulars of the occurrence .
... and honourable service , but the task is distressing ; and , as we could do nothing towards elucidating the truth , we leave our readers to read for themselves in the preface the few ascertained particulars of the occurrence .
Page 346
M. de Custine presents his readers with a full account of Ivan's catastrophe supplied to him by a French friend at St. Petersburg , who , he says , would have been sent to Siberia if it were known he had given him a scrap of such a ...
M. de Custine presents his readers with a full account of Ivan's catastrophe supplied to him by a French friend at St. Petersburg , who , he says , would have been sent to Siberia if it were known he had given him a scrap of such a ...
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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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