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...s Publication Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...er. Articles no less passionate than logical appeared on the question, for geography is one of the pet subjects of the En- glish; and the columns devo... ...utes past seven and twenty minutes before nine in the morning, between the Northern and the Lyons stations, through the windows of a car, and in a dri... ...a- bic The Bridge of Tears, and the next day they put in at Steamer Point, north-west of Aden harbour, to take in coal. This matter of fuelling steame... ...n which to reach Bombay, and the sea was favourable, the wind being in the north- west, and all sails aiding the engine. The steamer rolled but little... ...red the Strait of Malacca, which separates the peninsula of that name from Sumatra. The mountainous and craggy islets intercepted the beauties of this...

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...Contents LEAVES OF GRASS.......................8 BOOK I. INSCRIPTIONS..................9 One?s-Self I Sing...................................9 As I Ponder?d in Silence.....................10 In Cabin?d Ships at Sea.......................11 T...

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