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... crystal fringe . On every tree and bush you will catch the water - drops napping , in the form of tiny crystals ; while the fountain looks like a tree of glass with long down - hanging pointed leaves . Even the damp of your own breath ...
... crystal fringe . On every tree and bush you will catch the water - drops napping , in the form of tiny crystals ; while the fountain looks like a tree of glass with long down - hanging pointed leaves . Even the damp of your own breath ...
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... crystals which bespangle every blade on a winter's morning . Look at the vivid flashes of lightning in a storm , and listen to the pealing thunder : and then tell me , by what machinery is all this wonderful work done ? Man does none of ...
... crystals which bespangle every blade on a winter's morning . Look at the vivid flashes of lightning in a storm , and listen to the pealing thunder : and then tell me , by what machinery is all this wonderful work done ? Man does none of ...
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... crystal star . How have these crystals been built up ? What power has been at work arranging their delicate forms ? In the fourth lecture we shall see that up in the clouds another of our invisible fairies , which , for want of a better ...
... crystal star . How have these crystals been built up ? What power has been at work arranging their delicate forms ? In the fourth lecture we shall see that up in the clouds another of our invisible fairies , which , for want of a better ...
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... crystals , you will be astonished how often you will meet with instances of it , and what pleasure it will add to your life . The particles of nearly all substances , when left free and not hurried , can build themselves into crystal ...
... crystals , you will be astonished how often you will meet with instances of it , and what pleasure it will add to your life . The particles of nearly all substances , when left free and not hurried , can build themselves into crystal ...
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... crystals . The beautiful stalactite grottos are all made of crystals of lime . Diamonds are crystals of carbon , made inside the earth . Rock - crystals , which you know probably under the name of Irish diamonds , are crystallized ...
... crystals . The beautiful stalactite grottos are all made of crystals of lime . Diamonds are crystals of carbon , made inside the earth . Rock - crystals , which you know probably under the name of Irish diamonds , are crystallized ...
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