Word: sea
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...night without intermission. Finally he was killed by another king who took possession of the mill and ordered an unlimited amount of salt to be ground out, which he packed in such large quantities in a ship that it sank, and the salt, dissolving in the sea, gave it its salty character...
...American School at Athens for the past year and has been a member of the party, which has made the recent excavations. The lecturer told of the great privations which the party had undergone on their journey from Athens to Eretria; they were obliged to go by sea owing to a terrible snow storm which was raging at the time. Then followed an outline of the history of Eretria. After this, stereopticon views illustrated the accounts of the excavations made. Just outside the town of Eretria the party came upon great blocks of marble. Within these were layers of stone...
...introduction Professor Smith spoke of the isolated character of the development of Icelandic life and literature. The barreness of Iceland's soil and climate compelled the hardy Norseman to a life upon the sea, but this struggle for bare existence did not claim the best of Iceland's great...
Hollis - Mr. and Mrs. Kendal in "A White Sea...
Hollis - Mr. and Mrs. Kendal in "A White Sea...