The American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review, Հատոր 2H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley H. Bigelow, Esq., editor and proprietor, 1817 |
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Արդյունքներ 79–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... feet long and four inches in diameter , which is an enormous size , ' there would be in each half acre , 21,780 guanas ; " and , having finished his inge- nious calculation , remarks , " such an half acre , we will venture to say , is ...
... feet long and four inches in diameter , which is an enormous size , ' there would be in each half acre , 21,780 guanas ; " and , having finished his inge- nious calculation , remarks , " such an half acre , we will venture to say , is ...
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... feet in length , made of a hard , black wood called toa , which receives a polish equal to ivory ; these are made with much neatness , and are never thrown from the hand : the other kind are smaller , of a light sort of wood , and are ...
... feet in length , made of a hard , black wood called toa , which receives a polish equal to ivory ; these are made with much neatness , and are never thrown from the hand : the other kind are smaller , of a light sort of wood , and are ...
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... feet long , are driven into the ground , and across the tops of these is laid a ridge - pole made of the cocoa - nut tree ; at a convenient distance from these centre posts , on each side are driven other posts , eight or ten feet long ...
... feet long , are driven into the ground , and across the tops of these is laid a ridge - pole made of the cocoa - nut tree ; at a convenient distance from these centre posts , on each side are driven other posts , eight or ten feet long ...
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... feet , on a platform of large stones , neatly hewn and fitted together , and some of them are one hundred yards n length , and forty in breadth , surrounded by a square of build- ings executed in a style of elegance which is calculated ...
... feet , on a platform of large stones , neatly hewn and fitted together , and some of them are one hundred yards n length , and forty in breadth , surrounded by a square of build- ings executed in a style of elegance which is calculated ...
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... feet , branching out in a large and spreading top , beautiful in appearance , and affording a fine shade ; the trunk is about six feet in circumference ; the lower branches are usually about twelve feet from the ground ; the bark is ...
... feet , branching out in a large and spreading top , beautiful in appearance , and affording a fine shade ; the trunk is about six feet in circumference ; the lower branches are usually about twelve feet from the ground ; the bark is ...
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The American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review, Հատոր 1 H. Biglow,Orville Luther Holley Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1817 |
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