5000 Facts and Fancies: A Cyclopaedia of Important, Curious, Quaint, and Unique Information in History, Literature, Science, Art, and Nature ...G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1901 - 816 Seiten |
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... of culled flowers , and have brought nothing of my own but the string that ties them . - Montaigne . G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS NEW YORK AND LONDON The knickerbocker Dress ww ཞ་ S7 , E PREFACE IT is a well - 5000 FACTS AND FANCIES.
... of culled flowers , and have brought nothing of my own but the string that ties them . - Montaigne . G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS NEW YORK AND LONDON The knickerbocker Dress ww ཞ་ S7 , E PREFACE IT is a well - 5000 FACTS AND FANCIES.
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... York City fasted 40 days , - from June 28th to August 7th , 1880. His weight was reduced from 157 lbs . to 121 lbs . ( 8 ) Louise Latteau , said to have lived 12 years without food . Died , August , 1883 , at the age of 33 . ( 9 ) ...
... York City fasted 40 days , - from June 28th to August 7th , 1880. His weight was reduced from 157 lbs . to 121 lbs . ( 8 ) Louise Latteau , said to have lived 12 years without food . Died , August , 1883 , at the age of 33 . ( 9 ) ...
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... York was so named in honor of James , Duke of York and Albany ( afterwards James II of England ) , to whom Charles II gave a grant of the colony . The city was founded by the Dutch in 1614 , and ceded to the Eng- lish in 1664. It ...
... York was so named in honor of James , Duke of York and Albany ( afterwards James II of England ) , to whom Charles II gave a grant of the colony . The city was founded by the Dutch in 1614 , and ceded to the Eng- lish in 1664. It ...
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... York . It is about 1500 feet in height , and forms , with Dunderberg Mountain on Anne's Fan , Queen . The name given to a gesture made by putting the thumb to the nose and spreading the other fingers of the hand . Annie Laurie . The ...
... York . It is about 1500 feet in height , and forms , with Dunderberg Mountain on Anne's Fan , Queen . The name given to a gesture made by putting the thumb to the nose and spreading the other fingers of the hand . Annie Laurie . The ...
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... York City , the Society adjourned sine die . See Abolitionists . pis at Memphis , after which a suitable successor was sought ; when found , he was installed with bacchanalian rites . It is thought that the worship of the " Golden Calf ...
... York City , the Society adjourned sine die . See Abolitionists . pis at Memphis , after which a suitable successor was sought ; when found , he was installed with bacchanalian rites . It is thought that the worship of the " Golden Calf ...
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