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... close chemical relation between coal and diamonds . It is the reason , I believe , why some people allude to coal as " black diamonds . " Both these commodities represent wealth ; but coal is a much less portable form of property ...
... close chemical relation between coal and diamonds . It is the reason , I believe , why some people allude to coal as " black diamonds . " Both these commodities represent wealth ; but coal is a much less portable form of property ...
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... close over the last vestiges of the liquidated Tropi- cal Belt Coal Company - A . Heyst , manager in the East . Davidson , a good , simple fellow in his way , was strangely affected . It is to be noted that he knew very little of Heyst ...
... close over the last vestiges of the liquidated Tropi- cal Belt Coal Company - A . Heyst , manager in the East . Davidson , a good , simple fellow in his way , was strangely affected . It is to be noted that he knew very little of Heyst ...
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... close to Davidson's . " My cash - box ! My - he - look here , Captain Davidson ! He ran off with a girl . What do I care for the girl ? The girl is nothing to me . ' He shot out an infamous word which made Davidson start . That's what ...
... close to Davidson's . " My cash - box ! My - he - look here , Captain Davidson ! He ran off with a girl . What do I care for the girl ? The girl is nothing to me . ' He shot out an infamous word which made Davidson start . That's what ...
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... close inshore , stopped his engines , and lowered a boat . He went himself in that boat , which was manned , of course , by his Malay seamen . Heyst , when he saw the boat pulling towards him , dropped his signalling - pole ; and when ...
... close inshore , stopped his engines , and lowered a boat . He went himself in that boat , which was manned , of course , by his Malay seamen . Heyst , when he saw the boat pulling towards him , dropped his signalling - pole ; and when ...
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... close to his little table was painful to him . He was preparing to rise and go out when he no- ticed that two white muslin dresses and crimson sashes had not yet left the platform . One of these dresses concealed the raw - boned frame ...
... close to his little table was painful to him . He was preparing to rise and go out when he no- ticed that two white muslin dresses and crimson sashes had not yet left the platform . One of these dresses concealed the raw - boned frame ...
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