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... globe was originally a globe of liquid fire , scintillated from the body of the sun , by the percussion of a comet , as a spark is generated by the collision of flint and steel . That at first it was surrounded by gross vapors , which ...
... globe was originally a globe of liquid fire , scintillated from the body of the sun , by the percussion of a comet , as a spark is generated by the collision of flint and steel . That at first it was surrounded by gross vapors , which ...
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... globe . It is true , some writers have vindicated him from this misconduct towards posterity , and asserted that he really did discover America . Thus it was the opinion of Mark Lescarbot , a French writer , possessed of that ...
... globe . It is true , some writers have vindicated him from this misconduct towards posterity , and asserted that he really did discover America . Thus it was the opinion of Mark Lescarbot , a French writer , possessed of that ...
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... globe , that the right of discovery has been so strenu- ously asserted , the influence of cultivation so industriously extended , and the progress of salvation and civilization so zealously prose- cuted , that , what with their ...
... globe , that the right of discovery has been so strenu- ously asserted , the influence of cultivation so industriously extended , and the progress of salvation and civilization so zealously prose- cuted , that , what with their ...
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THE AUTHORS APOLOGY I | 1 |
ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR | 14 |
ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC | 23 |
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