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  • The magic of roll of the steel wheel over the streel rail is still the most efficient and most environmentally safe system of frreight transport ovel long land distances.

    China Planning to Connect High Speed Rail Lines To Europe | Inhabitat 2010

  • "Oh, mastel," he quavered, "me thinkee me heal a sound ovel hele -- fol me too flightened to sleep -- and me come hele to see what the mattel."

    A Chinese Command A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas Harry Collingwood 1886

  • "Me believe me heal someone moving ovel hele," he replied, "and so me came see if anybody tly to get in."

    A Chinese Command A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas Harry Collingwood 1886

  • Side of the river a hard rain all the evening we are all Cold and wet. on this part of the river on the head of Clarks River I observe great quantities of a peculiar Sort of Prickly peare grow in Clusters ovel & about the Size of a Pigions egge with Strong Thorns which is So birded as to draw the Pear from the Cluster after penetrateing our feet.

    The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Meriwether Lewis 1791

  • Grapes & three Kinds of Plumbs, one yellow round, & one ovel, & the

    The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Meriwether Lewis 1791

  • Side of which is several ovel mounds of about 16 feet high and at the iner part of the Gouge a Deep whole across the Gauge N. 32 W 96 yds. to the Commencment of a wall of about 8 feet high N. 81° W. 533 yards to a Deep pond 73 yds in Deamuter, and 200 yards further to a

    The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Meriwether Lewis 1791

  • I see an ovel office surrounded by incompetents, and a majority of our elected officials who could care less about the people and a country that is so far on the politically correct side, they would rather look good than actually do whats goodd.

    The Orange County Register - News Headlines : Top Stories 2010

  • Chinese uncurr keeping watch ovel Steerel lun to Supell Bowr.

    Kissing Suzy Kolber 2009

  • The root of the rush used by the nativs is a solid bulb about one inch in length and usially as thick as a mans thumb, of an ovel form depressed on two or more Sides, covered with a thin black rine. the pulp is white brittle and easily masticated either raw or rosted, the latter is the way it is most commonly prepared for use. this root is reather insippid in point of flavour, it grows in the Greatest abundance along the Sea coast in the

    Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 1904

  • The root of the rush used by the nativs is a Solid bulb about one inch in length and usially as thick as a mans thumb, of an ovel form depressed on two or more Sides, covered with a thin black rine. the pulp is white brittle and easily masticated either raw or rosted, the latter is the way it is most commonly prepared for use. this root is reather insippid in point of flavour, it grows in the Greatest abundance along the Sea coast in the wet Sandy grounds and is most used by the Kil a mox and those inhabiting the Sea coast. each root Sends up its Stalk which is annual, the root being perennial. the bulb is atached to the bottom of the Stem by a firm Small and Strong radicle which is mearly the prolongation of the Stem which is hollow and jointed and is rather larger than the largest quill. it rises to the hight of 3 or 4 feet, not branching no does it either bear flower or

    The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Meriwether Lewis 1791

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