Fridtiof Nansen, 1861-1893Longmans, Green and Company, 1896 - 402 pages Biographical accounts up to the time of commencement of the first Fram expedition, 1893-96. |
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... eyes they were vapours which the sun draws up from the earth into the air , some in the upper , some in the lower atmo- sphere . They then become ignited and burn ; whence the many fiery marvels seen in the skies . ' 6 It was Fridtiof ...
... eyes they were vapours which the sun draws up from the earth into the air , some in the upper , some in the lower atmo- sphere . They then become ignited and burn ; whence the many fiery marvels seen in the skies . ' 6 It was Fridtiof ...
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... eye , he has also , as we shall see in due time , a strong taste for literature and art , combined with marked ability as a popular author . But whatever uncertainty there may be as to the inherited elements in his character , there can ...
... eye , he has also , as we shall see in due time , a strong taste for literature and art , combined with marked ability as a popular author . But whatever uncertainty there may be as to the inherited elements in his character , there can ...
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... eyes of the youth the picture is still bathed in a rosy radiance , though its outlines may be slightly altered , perhaps more matured . . . 6 My thoughts fly silently homewards on soft , melancholy wings , to greet all the bright and ...
... eyes of the youth the picture is still bathed in a rosy radiance , though its outlines may be slightly altered , perhaps more matured . . . 6 My thoughts fly silently homewards on soft , melancholy wings , to greet all the bright and ...
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... eyes . Ah , what a sight ! We gasped with sheer joy , we were quite dumb and couldn't say a word for the first few minutes , only to break out presently into all the wilder transports . Indeed , indeed , I shall never forget those ...
... eyes . Ah , what a sight ! We gasped with sheer joy , we were quite dumb and couldn't say a word for the first few minutes , only to break out presently into all the wilder transports . Indeed , indeed , I shall never forget those ...
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... eye can see , with blue- black forests - forests and nothing but forests , ridge behind ridge , on and on to the farthest verge of the horizon . This is Nordmarken , an unbroken stretch of Norwegian woodland , many square miles in ...
... eye can see , with blue- black forests - forests and nothing but forests , ridge behind ridge , on and on to the farthest verge of the horizon . This is Nordmarken , an unbroken stretch of Norwegian woodland , many square miles in ...
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