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Page 171
... less bright than when in opposition- that is , shining highest above the horizon at mid- night . Now , it could be readily calculated that under these conditions the lustre of Mercury should have surpassed that of Jupiter fully as three ...
... less bright than when in opposition- that is , shining highest above the horizon at mid- night . Now , it could be readily calculated that under these conditions the lustre of Mercury should have surpassed that of Jupiter fully as three ...
Page 361
... less honorable than celibacy , and the unmarried man is " happier if he so abide ; " but the popular judgment re- verses the ascetic theory , and so highly is the married state esteemed that a bachelor is practically regarded with less ...
... less honorable than celibacy , and the unmarried man is " happier if he so abide ; " but the popular judgment re- verses the ascetic theory , and so highly is the married state esteemed that a bachelor is practically regarded with less ...
Page 364
Floods are even less resistible and hardly less disastrous for the time . In ascending the Irrawady during the south - rushes and screams within a few yards of west monsoon I have myself seen village after village temporarily deserted ...
Floods are even less resistible and hardly less disastrous for the time . In ascending the Irrawady during the south - rushes and screams within a few yards of west monsoon I have myself seen village after village temporarily deserted ...
Contents
Volume | 262 |
A DOUBTING HEART By Miss Keary | 268 |
OUR KENTISH PARISH | 281 |
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