The Little Giant Cyclopedia and Treasury of Ready Reference: 1,000,001 Figures and FactsHistory Company, 1889 - 488 pages |
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... house in Williamsburgh , Kings County , N. Y. , where he now lives . The Union arch of the Washington Aqueduct is the largest in the world , being 220 feet ; 20 feet in excess of the Chester arch across the Dee in England , 68 feet ...
... house in Williamsburgh , Kings County , N. Y. , where he now lives . The Union arch of the Washington Aqueduct is the largest in the world , being 220 feet ; 20 feet in excess of the Chester arch across the Dee in England , 68 feet ...
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... House , delivered the oration . Work progressed steadily for about six years , until the funds of the monumental society became exhausted . At that time the monument was about 175 feet high . From 1854 until 1879 nothing to speak of was ...
... House , delivered the oration . Work progressed steadily for about six years , until the funds of the monumental society became exhausted . At that time the monument was about 175 feet high . From 1854 until 1879 nothing to speak of was ...
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1,000,001 Figures and Facts K. L. Armstrong. New Orleans boasts the largest custom - house in this or any other land . It was begun in 1848 and over thirty years elapsed before it was finished and ready for use . It is built of Quincy ...
1,000,001 Figures and Facts K. L. Armstrong. New Orleans boasts the largest custom - house in this or any other land . It was begun in 1848 and over thirty years elapsed before it was finished and ready for use . It is built of Quincy ...
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... but is really misleading , and badly named . The truth is that one idea will suggest another . 1. By likeness or opposition of meaning , as " house " suggests 66 3966 room or " door , " etc .; 23 LOISETTE'S SYSTEM OF MEMORY .
... but is really misleading , and badly named . The truth is that one idea will suggest another . 1. By likeness or opposition of meaning , as " house " suggests 66 3966 room or " door , " etc .; 23 LOISETTE'S SYSTEM OF MEMORY .
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... house , and drastically certain of the cord by which you have tied it to some other thing of which you are sure . Unless it is worth your while to do this , you might as well abandon any hope of mnemonic improvement , which will not ...
... house , and drastically certain of the cord by which you have tied it to some other thing of which you are sure . Unless it is worth your while to do this , you might as well abandon any hope of mnemonic improvement , which will not ...
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