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... extremity of former enterprises , and pushed into the ocean which lies beyond the arctic circle . " In Fe- bruary 1647 , " says he , in a memorandum upon the sub- ject , " I sailed 100 leagues beyond Thule or Iceland , the northern part ...
... extremity of former enterprises , and pushed into the ocean which lies beyond the arctic circle . " In Fe- bruary 1647 , " says he , in a memorandum upon the sub- ject , " I sailed 100 leagues beyond Thule or Iceland , the northern part ...
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... extremity of the Larian Lake , or the Lake of Como . Excepting towards the lake , it is surrounded on all sides with fertile hills , and stands at the bottom of three green and wooded conical emi- nences , the middle one of which is ...
... extremity of the Larian Lake , or the Lake of Como . Excepting towards the lake , it is surrounded on all sides with fertile hills , and stands at the bottom of three green and wooded conical emi- nences , the middle one of which is ...
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... extremity of Norway , and without experiencing any sensible change in the coldness of the climate , we suddenly and abrupt- ly meet with the swarthy skins , and the black hair and eyes of the Laplander . The operation of extreme cold ...
... extremity of Norway , and without experiencing any sensible change in the coldness of the climate , we suddenly and abrupt- ly meet with the swarthy skins , and the black hair and eyes of the Laplander . The operation of extreme cold ...
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... extremity ; or for the four tentacula of the Limax , in the aquatic species of the Linnæan genera of Turbo and Helix . Linnæus states , as part of the character of his genus Limax : " Foramen laterale dextrum , tentacula quatuor . " Now ...
... extremity ; or for the four tentacula of the Limax , in the aquatic species of the Linnæan genera of Turbo and Helix . Linnæus states , as part of the character of his genus Limax : " Foramen laterale dextrum , tentacula quatuor . " Now ...
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... extremity of logy . the shell is termed the apex , or summit . In the genus Base . Spirorbis , the base is considered as that portion of the shell which adheres to rocks and sea - weeds . The mouth , in some species , possesses a ...
... extremity of logy . the shell is termed the apex , or summit . In the genus Base . Spirorbis , the base is considered as that portion of the shell which adheres to rocks and sea - weeds . The mouth , in some species , possesses a ...
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