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A small village , about a mile from the city walls , is constructed of stones that once formed part of nobler buildings , and these hovels seem a sad epilogue to a glorious story . A few hundred yards farther on a small concrete ...
A small village , about a mile from the city walls , is constructed of stones that once formed part of nobler buildings , and these hovels seem a sad epilogue to a glorious story . A few hundred yards farther on a small concrete ...
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The Spaniards mined emeralds here nearly five hundred years ago . ' " " " Must be nearly worked out by now . " " No. It shows every sign of yielding gem quality for at least another five hundred . " Hampshire shook his head .
The Spaniards mined emeralds here nearly five hundred years ago . ' " " " Must be nearly worked out by now . " " No. It shows every sign of yielding gem quality for at least another five hundred . " Hampshire shook his head .
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waters rose , the whole bed of the future lake - three hundred and fifty square miles of it - had to be roughly cleared , for trees do not rot away under water as I had always im- agined . They petrify , and the only practical way of ...
waters rose , the whole bed of the future lake - three hundred and fifty square miles of it - had to be roughly cleared , for trees do not rot away under water as I had always im- agined . They petrify , and the only practical way of ...
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A DREAM OF THE DEAD BY BULWERLYTTON | 35 |
AN ANATOMY OF SATYAGRAHA BY JAMES HALLIDAY | 326 |
APRIL BIRD BY JUDITH M WARRINGTON | 575 |
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