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1.  The Mysterious Island / Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
   of granite, he shook himself vigorously; and then, setting off running, soon disappeared behind a rocky point ... . This point abutted on the shore in a grotesque outline of high granite rocks. Towards the north  details...
   • creator(s) - Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
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   • subject(s) - pencroft; spilett; gideon spilett; cyrus harding; neb; cyrus; ayrton; herbert; gideon; granite house; granite; replied pencroft; colonists; engineer; island; lincoln island; sailor; tabor island; settlers; exclaimed pencroft; captain nemo; asked pencroft;; pencroft; island; spilett; ayrton; sailor; colonists; engineer; replied pencroft; cyrus; gideon; lincoln island; captain nemo; cyrus harding; settlers; granite house; granite; asked pencroft;; exclaimed pencroft; herbert; tabor island; gideon spilett; neb;
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2.  The Student's Elements of Geology / Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875
   Rocks. Granite and its Varieties. Decomposing into Spherical Masses. Rude columnar Structure. Graphic Granite. Mutual Penetration of Crystals of Quartz and Feldspar. Glass Cavities in Quartz of Granite ...  details...
   • creator(s) - Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875
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   • subject(s) - strata; miocene; limestone; fossil; volcanic; fossils; sandstone; species; lower miocene; chalk; rocks; granite; upper miocene; coal; marine; clay; red sandstone; upper; volcanic rocks; plutonic rocks; figure; shells; formations; white chalk; formation; l; strata; rocks; upper miocene; red sandstone; coal; volcanic rocks; plutonic rocks; white chalk; formation; volcanic; lower miocene; chalk; sandstone; fossils; figure; limestone; clay; fossil; marine; granite; upper; species; shells; l; formations; miocene;
   • title - The Student's Elements of Geology
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3.  The Sphinx / Wilde, Oscar
   Across the temple's granite plinth When through the purple corridors The screaming ... Down the great granite-paven road, Between the nodding peacock fans. The merchants brought  details...
   • creator(s) - Wilde, Oscar
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   • subject(s) - sphinx; bedfellow; nile; syrian; ivory; monstrous; snake; granite; claws; gilded; dew; fantastic; throat; dawn; giant; purple; horned; coloured; sing; yellow; across; wine; lovers; painted; breasts; english literature; snake; fantastic; breasts; sing; yellow; ivory; monstrous; throat; wine; nile; bedfellow; coloured; painted; purple; horned; gilded; english literature; sphinx; granite; claws; syrian; dawn; lovers; across; dew; giant;
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4.  Journals of Australian Explorations /
   .m. commenced a course 70 degrees; at 8.0 crossed a granite hill with some grass, after which the country ... an elevated ridge, and saw several bare granite hills to the eastward; steered 75 degrees to the nearest  details...
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   • subject(s) - sandstone; creek; latitude; grassy; east; camp; river; south; degrees minutes; sandy; latitude degrees; degrees; steered; north; rocky; grass; miles; longitude degrees; west; channel; valley; horses; sandstone hills; hills; level; yards wide; bank; water;; grassy; sandstone hills; steered; channel; creek; degrees; yards wide; north; horses; river; latitude; miles; rocky; camp; water;; south; longitude degrees; valley; grass; west; degrees minutes; sandy; east; hills; bank; level; sandstone; latitude degrees;
   • title - Journals of Australian Explorations
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5.  Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, / Forrest, John, 1847-1918
   Cartubing. I then proceeded in a northerly direction, and at two miles passed water in granite rocks ... we passed a water-hole in some granite rocks, called Gnaragnunging. Dense acacia and cypress thickets  details...
   • creator(s) - Forrest, John, 1847-1918
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   • subject(s) - latitude degrees; australia; longitude; east; latitude; longitude degrees; degrees minutes; miles; western australia; east magnetic; degrees; tommy windich; south; camp; expedition; thermometer degrees; camped; colony; north; minutes east; horses; meridia; australia; meridia; tommy windich; expedition; degrees; north; horses; latitude; western australia; miles; camp; south; colony; longitude degrees; longitude; east magnetic; degrees minutes; thermometer degrees; east; camped; latitude degrees; minutes east;
   • title - Explorations in Australia, Illustrated,
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6.  Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) / Spooner, Shearjashub, 1809-1859
   of three apartments, built entirely of granite. TEMPLE OF LUXOR. The temple of Luxor is about one ... presents. In front are the two finest obelisks in the world, formed of rose-colored granite, and rising  details...
   • creator(s) - Spooner, Shearjashub, 1809-1859
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   • subject(s) - filippo; poussin; rome; painter; rome; poussin; filippo; painter;
   • title - Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3)
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7.  Lahoma / Ellis, J. Breckenridge (John Breckenridge), 1870-1956
   legs as with the weakness of an infant, he was now very near the end of the system. A wall of granite ... was smoothed over the place, he carried thither quantities of heavy stones, and broken blocks of granite  details...
   • creator(s) - Ellis, J. Breckenridge (John Breckenridge), 1870-1956
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   • subject(s) - lahoma; willock; gledware; wilfred; brick willock; brick; kimball; red kimball; cove; bill atkins; bill; wilfred compton; wagon; red feather; greer county; brick willock; gledware; greer county; brick; wilfred; kimball; lahoma; wagon; bill atkins; red feather; willock; wilfred compton; cove; red kimball; bill;
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8.  Forest Roads / Black, Charles Bertram
   is under cultivation, is composed of lofty and rugged granite mountain chains, diverging in all directions ... woods in Europe; granite peaks, snows and frozen lakes--all these are brought into the compass of a day  details...
   • creator(s) - Black, Charles Bertram
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   • subject(s) - ajaccio; headnote; sartene; bastia; corsica; calvi; corte; frs; pop; alla leccia; ponte alla; ponte; road; cap corse; forest; inn; diligence; miles; map; valley; chestnut trees; island; village; farther; island; diligence; map; alla leccia; bastia; miles; calvi; ajaccio; valley; corsica; sartene; village; chestnut trees; ponte alla; frs; forest; ponte; corte; farther; inn; headnote; cap corse; pop; road;
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9.  Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky / Various
   -pieces are made is rock. The soft sandstone of South Devon, and the hard granite of the north of Scotland ... as much as granite and sandstone are rock. Water itself is of the nature of rock, only as we commonly know  details...
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   • subject(s) - chalk; rocks; rocks; chalk;
   • title - Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky
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10.  The Cask Of Amontillado / Poe, Edgar Allen
    of the catacombs, and was backed by one of their circumscribing walls of solid granite. It was in vain ... him to the granite. In its surface were two iron staples, distant from each other about two feet, horizontally  details...
    • creator(s) - Poe, Edgar Allen
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    • subject(s) - amontillado; fortunato; ugh; luchresi; nitre; catacombs; crypt; tier; niche; vaults; recess; bones; wine; bells; replied; american literature; fortunato; niche; amontillado; luchresi; bells; recess; tier; wine; catacombs; nitre; bones; ugh; crypt; replied; vaults; american literature;
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