The Great White Way: A Record of an Unusual Voyage of Discovery, and Some Romantic Love Affairs Amid Strange SurroundingsJ. F. Taylor, 1901 - 323 страници |
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... balloon to which , instead of a car , there will be attached a sort of large light boat with runners on it , so that it may also be sailed or drawn on the surface , if necessary . The balloon idea is not , of course , altogether new ...
... balloon to which , instead of a car , there will be attached a sort of large light boat with runners on it , so that it may also be sailed or drawn on the surface , if necessary . The balloon idea is not , of course , altogether new ...
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... balloon and falling off of an ice - wall two thousand feet high ! Oh , Lord ! What is home without a door - knob ! " " There does appear to be an element of humor in some phases of my proposition , " I admitted , " but I have faith in ...
... balloon and falling off of an ice - wall two thousand feet high ! Oh , Lord ! What is home without a door - knob ! " " There does appear to be an element of humor in some phases of my proposition , " I admitted , " but I have faith in ...
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... balloon . " " Bill can make ' em for us all right . Soup tab- lets , meat tablets , bread tablets - why , you can put a meat tablet between two bread tablets and have a sandwich , and carry a whole table d'hôte dinner in a pill - box ...
... balloon . " " Bill can make ' em for us all right . Soup tab- lets , meat tablets , bread tablets - why , you can put a meat tablet between two bread tablets and have a sandwich , and carry a whole table d'hôte dinner in a pill - box ...
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... Balloons , tablets , missionary work , and homes and firesides ! A regular four - time winner ! " He was about to touch the bell again when there came a light tap at the door near me , and a woman's voice said : 66 Mayn't I have some of ...
... Balloons , tablets , missionary work , and homes and firesides ! A regular four - time winner ! " He was about to touch the bell again when there came a light tap at the door near me , and a woman's voice said : 66 Mayn't I have some of ...
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... climb a two thousand foot ice- wall in a balloon . " I shook hands heartily with the thin , solemn man , who made an anxious attempt to smile and seated himself rather insecurely on the edge of a chair . I OVERHAUL THE BILLOWCREST . 35.
... climb a two thousand foot ice- wall in a balloon . " I shook hands heartily with the thin , solemn man , who made an anxious attempt to smile and seated himself rather insecurely on the edge of a chair . I OVERHAUL THE BILLOWCREST . 35.
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