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Page 15
... eyes of all her acquaint- ance ; that if she laid it aside , people would think she was not made like other women . I always give great- er allowances to the fair sex upon account of the fash- ion , and therefore was not displeased with ...
... eyes of all her acquaint- ance ; that if she laid it aside , people would think she was not made like other women . I always give great- er allowances to the fair sex upon account of the fash- ion , and therefore was not displeased with ...
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... eyes into the vault , and I must con- fess , we did discover many traces of cordage which were interwoven in the stiffening of the drapery . A third argument was founded upon a petition of the Greenland trade , which likewise ...
... eyes into the vault , and I must con- fess , we did discover many traces of cordage which were interwoven in the stiffening of the drapery . A third argument was founded upon a petition of the Greenland trade , which likewise ...
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... eyes so low ! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air , Show scarce as gross as beetles . Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire .... Dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head . The fishermen that walk ...
... eyes so low ! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air , Show scarce as gross as beetles . Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire .... Dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head . The fishermen that walk ...
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... eyes that are the works of human inven- tion , how great will your surprize be , when you shall have it in your power to model your own eye as you please , and adapt it to the bulk of objects , which , with all these helps , are by ...
... eyes that are the works of human inven- tion , how great will your surprize be , when you shall have it in your power to model your own eye as you please , and adapt it to the bulk of objects , which , with all these helps , are by ...
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... eye but as hair or down rising on the surface of it , we find to be woods and forests , inhabited by beasts of prey , that are as dreadful in those their little haunts , as lions and tigers in the deserts of Lybia . I was much delighted ...
... eye but as hair or down rising on the surface of it , we find to be woods and forests , inhabited by beasts of prey , that are as dreadful in those their little haunts , as lions and tigers in the deserts of Lybia . I was much delighted ...
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