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... brown to black , and in thickness from a foot or two up to six or seven yards , occasionally reaching , it is said , even to 60 feet . It is composed chiefly of sili- ceous sand ( about 70 per cent ) , alumina and other ingredients ( 23 ...
... brown to black , and in thickness from a foot or two up to six or seven yards , occasionally reaching , it is said , even to 60 feet . It is composed chiefly of sili- ceous sand ( about 70 per cent ) , alumina and other ingredients ( 23 ...
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... brown dress instead of glossy black and red or yellow of the males . The young resemble the females in their protected dullness of plumage . For the English Blackbird , see SONG THRUSH . For the cow - bird , see Cow - BIRD . BLACKBREAST ...
... brown dress instead of glossy black and red or yellow of the males . The young resemble the females in their protected dullness of plumage . For the English Blackbird , see SONG THRUSH . For the cow - bird , see Cow - BIRD . BLACKBREAST ...
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... brown above , sharply contrasted with white on the under parts , and with a con- spicuous white ring around each eye . These handsome little antelopes go about ordinarily in family parties , but sometimes gather in large herds , and are ...
... brown above , sharply contrasted with white on the under parts , and with a con- spicuous white ring around each eye . These handsome little antelopes go about ordinarily in family parties , but sometimes gather in large herds , and are ...
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... ( BROWN ) , American woman suffragist and Unitarian min- ister : b . Henrietta , N. Y. , 20 May 1825. A grad- uate of Oberlin ( 1847 ) , she " preached on her own orders , " at first in Congregational churches , becoming at length a ...
... ( BROWN ) , American woman suffragist and Unitarian min- ister : b . Henrietta , N. Y. , 20 May 1825. A grad- uate of Oberlin ( 1847 ) , she " preached on her own orders , " at first in Congregational churches , becoming at length a ...
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... Brown Uni- versity . He first entered the Congregational ministry , but in a short time became an Episco- palian and was ordained in that Church . He settled in Pawtucket , and later in Hopkinton , N. H. , and in 1822 removed to Boston ...
... Brown Uni- versity . He first entered the Congregational ministry , but in a short time became an Episco- palian and was ordained in that Church . He settled in Pawtucket , and later in Hopkinton , N. H. , and in 1822 removed to Boston ...
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Page 106 - The Family Shakspeare ; in which nothing is added to the Original Text ; but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud.
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