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... heavy weights on their heads . They are thus perfectly upright , and plant their feet firmly and naturally on the ground . They might serve for sculptors ' models , and are well aware of it . There were no signs of poverty . Old.
... heavy weights on their heads . They are thus perfectly upright , and plant their feet firmly and naturally on the ground . They might serve for sculptors ' models , and are well aware of it . There were no signs of poverty . Old.
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... feet high ; on the lawn mangoes , oranges , papaws , and bread - fruit trees , strange to look at , but luxuriantly shady . Before the door was a tree of good dimensions , whose name I have forgotten , the stem and branches of which ...
... feet high ; on the lawn mangoes , oranges , papaws , and bread - fruit trees , strange to look at , but luxuriantly shady . Before the door was a tree of good dimensions , whose name I have forgotten , the stem and branches of which ...
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... feet high ; leaves brilliant green , something like the leaves of an orange , but extremely delicate and thin , folded one over the other , the lowest branches sweeping to the ground till the whole tree forms a natural bower , which is ...
... feet high ; leaves brilliant green , something like the leaves of an orange , but extremely delicate and thin , folded one over the other , the lowest branches sweeping to the ground till the whole tree forms a natural bower , which is ...
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... feet above our heads . From these in four or five places the parasite had let fall shoots , perhaps an inch in diameter , which descended to within a foot of the ground and then suddenly , without touching that or anything , formed a ...
... feet above our heads . From these in four or five places the parasite had let fall shoots , perhaps an inch in diameter , which descended to within a foot of the ground and then suddenly , without touching that or anything , formed a ...
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... feet into the air , where they meet and form frames for the landscape , peculiar and even picturesque when there are not too many of them . These bamboos were Kingsley's special delight , as he had never seen the like of them elsewhere ...
... feet into the air , where they meet and form frames for the landscape , peculiar and even picturesque when there are not too many of them . These bamboos were Kingsley's special delight , as he had never seen the like of them elsewhere ...
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