The Underground World: A Mirror of Life Below the Surface, with Vivid Descriptions of the Hidden Works of Nature and Art, Comprising Incidents and Adventures Beyond the Light of DayAustralian Publishing Company, 1879 - 1016 halaman |
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... close resem- blance to stone . A savage or civilized man knows that an ordinary stone , whether white , red , blue , green , or gray , will not burn ; then why should he suppose that a black stone 38 COAL AMONG THE ANCIENTS . will burn ...
... close resem- blance to stone . A savage or civilized man knows that an ordinary stone , whether white , red , blue , green , or gray , will not burn ; then why should he suppose that a black stone 38 COAL AMONG THE ANCIENTS . will burn ...
Halaman 154
... close in the latter part of September . To obtain a concession for working a mine , the applicant must either be a hereditary nobleman , or a merchant of the second guild or class . He obtains a concession five miles long , and about ...
... close in the latter part of September . To obtain a concession for working a mine , the applicant must either be a hereditary nobleman , or a merchant of the second guild or class . He obtains a concession five miles long , and about ...
Halaman 179
... close resemblance to a rail with a great many knots on it . He had an elegant selection of knobs sticking out all over him , on which to hang superfluous coats and other garments . One of my companions offered to charter two of the ...
... close resemblance to a rail with a great many knots on it . He had an elegant selection of knobs sticking out all over him , on which to hang superfluous coats and other garments . One of my companions offered to charter two of the ...
Halaman 184
... close up to the edge . Although I had no family to support , I knew a man who had one . I therefore concluded to do as he did , and so crept up and looked over , holding the kerchief all the while to my face . A very brief gaze was ...
... close up to the edge . Although I had no family to support , I knew a man who had one . I therefore concluded to do as he did , and so crept up and looked over , holding the kerchief all the while to my face . A very brief gaze was ...
Halaman 193
... close embrace , the teeth perfect ,. indicating youth in its prime ; skeletons of a young man and maid . They had fallen together in their flight , and death had hand - in - hand , who tried vainly to outrun death . Perhaps the mother ...
... close embrace , the teeth perfect ,. indicating youth in its prime ; skeletons of a young man and maid . They had fallen together in their flight , and death had hand - in - hand , who tried vainly to outrun death . Perhaps the mother ...
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accidents Bastile beneath bottom Brazil cache caisson canal carats carried Catacombs Catacombs of Paris cave cavern cellar century coal Comstock lode coolies darkness death depth descended diamond discovered discovery earth engine entered excavations famous fifty fire five France French gallery gold Green Vaults ground guano half head Herculaneum hole Hoosac Tunnel hundred feet Indians iron islands Jean Valjean journey known Kohinoor labor LENOX light live Mammoth Cave miles millions miners mines Mont Cenis Tunnel mountain mouth Naples nearly never night obtained ordinary Paris party persons Pompeii pounds prison pump quicksilver railway reached Regent diamond River rock rope sand sewer shaft side silver sometimes soon stone story stream surface thousand dollars TILBEN timbers tion told tomb tunnel underground vaults walls wine workmen yards YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Halaman 760 - Dead, long dead, Long dead! And my heart is a handful of dust, And the wheels go over my head, And my bones are shaken with pain, For into a shallow grave they are thrust, Only a yard beneath the street...
Halaman 949 - You, as foreman of this grand jury, shall diligently inquire and true presentment make, of all such matters and things as shall be given you in charge ; the counsel of the people of this state, your fellows...
Halaman 760 - XI 0 me, why have they not buried me deep enough ? Is it kind to have made me a grave so rough, Me, that was never a quiet sleeper ? Maybe still I am but half-dead; Then...
Halaman 775 - The whole country, from San Francisco to Los Angeles and from the seashore to the base of the Sierra Nevada, resounds with the sordid cry of 'gold! GOLD!! GOLD!!!
Halaman 523 - However, little by little, whether that some distant airholes sent a little floating light into this opaque mist, or that his eyes became accustomed to the obscurity, some dim vision came back to him, and he again began to receive a confused perception, now of the wall which he was touching, and now of the arch under which he was passing. The pupil dilates in the night, and at last finds day in it, even as the soul dilates in misfortune, and, at last, finds God in it.
Halaman 949 - ... but you shall present all things truly as they come to your knowledge, according to the best of your understanding. So help you God...
Halaman 529 - Behold him waist deep in the sand. The sand reaches his breast ; he is now only a bust. He raises his arms, utters furious groans, clutches the beach with his nails, would hold by that straw, leans upon his elbows to pull himself out of this soft sheath; sobs frenziedly; the sand rises; the sand reaches his shoulders; the sand reaches his neck; the face alone is visible now. The mouth cries, the sand fills it — silence. The eyes still gaze, the sand shuts them — night.
Halaman 123 - Necos, who succeeded him upon the throne. This prince was the first to attempt the construction of the canal to the Red Sea, a work completed afterwards by Darius the Persian, the length of which is four days' journey, and the width such as to admit of two triremes being rowed along it abreast.
Halaman 867 - Gate, which being a narrow passage, there runneth a violent stream both upon flood and ebb, and in the middle lieth some Islands of Rocks, which the current sets so violently upon that it threatens present shipwreck ; and upon the flood is a large Whirlpool, which continually sends forth" a hideous roaring, enough to affright any stranger from passing any further...
Halaman 775 - The whole country from San Francisco to Los Angeles, and from the seashore to the base of the Sierra Nevada, resounds to the sordid cry of gold ! GOLD ! ! GOLD...