Home and Social Philosophy: Or, Chapters on Every-day Topics, Том 2G. P. Putnam, 1852 |
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... present enormous extent , -it could not have competed in price with that of France and Germany . " That is on account of the high price of land in England , and the large quantity that would have been required for bleaching- ground THE ...
... present enormous extent , -it could not have competed in price with that of France and Germany . " That is on account of the high price of land in England , and the large quantity that would have been required for bleaching- ground THE ...
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... present time , the names that are looked up to as those of chiefs , belong to newspaper editors , whose leading articles are read and listened to in cheap newspaper clubs , and whose " orders " are followed as punctually and as ...
... present time , the names that are looked up to as those of chiefs , belong to newspaper editors , whose leading articles are read and listened to in cheap newspaper clubs , and whose " orders " are followed as punctually and as ...
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... present time , we must be struck with admiration at the great im- provement that has been made , and the advantages that have been obtained ; but balloons are very nearly what they were from the first , and are as much at the mercy of ...
... present time , we must be struck with admiration at the great im- provement that has been made , and the advantages that have been obtained ; but balloons are very nearly what they were from the first , and are as much at the mercy of ...
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... present , they can be applied ; and , in the second , they are so unsafe as to be likely , in all cases , to cost a life for each descent . In the concise words of Mr. Green , we should say " the best parachute is a balloon ; the others ...
... present , they can be applied ; and , in the second , they are so unsafe as to be likely , in all cases , to cost a life for each descent . In the concise words of Mr. Green , we should say " the best parachute is a balloon ; the others ...
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... present ; " but who knows of what use such things may one day be ? As to Mr. Cocking's invention , the disaster seems to be attributable to errors of detail ra- ther than of principle . Mr. Green is of opinion , from an ex- amination of ...
... present ; " but who knows of what use such things may one day be ? As to Mr. Cocking's invention , the disaster seems to be attributable to errors of detail ra- ther than of principle . Mr. Green is of opinion , from an ex- amination of ...
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