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It was pleasant to see their benign exultation in her powers of mischief, and the delight with which they exhibited the circumvolutory movement of the tower, the quick thrusting forth of the immense guns to deliver their ponderous missiles, and then the immediate recoil, and the security behind the closed port-holes.
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It was pleasant to see their benign exultation in her powers of mischief, and the delight with which they exhibited the circumvolutory movement of the tower, the quick thrusting forth of the immense guns to deliver their ponderous missiles, and then the immediate recoil, and the security behind the closed port-holes.
Sketches and Studies Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 1852
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It was pleasant to see their benign exultation in her powers of mischief, and the delight with which they exhibited the circumvolutory movement of the tower, the quick thrusting forth of the immense guns to deliver their ponderous missiles, and then the immediate recoil, and the security behind the closed port-holes.
Sketches and Studies Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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His circumvolutory discourse can be read by reference to the links below, but rather than attempt to follow his reasoning as to why there is "Oil a-plenty" it is simpler to plot the actual figures as they appear in the BP Statistical Review.
Energy Bulletin - 2008
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