Flammarion, Camille, 1842-1925, Lockyer, Winifred James, Mrs., d. 1879 · New York, C. Scribner & co. · leaf 171
rs has been suspected. In themiddle of the last century, one of the numerous romancerswho feigned voyages to the planets, pretended to know thatthe mountains of Mercury were all crowned with beautifulgardens, in which grew naturally not only the most succu-lent fruits which served as food to the… … Fig. 28. PJiHiies oi Mercury. side-dishes, &c., were raised there in the same manner as theapples on our apple-trees, and when a repast was wished for,it was sufficient to spread the cloth ; then arrived bird-waitersfor your orders, who knowingly flew away, and in thetwinkling of an eye, from…
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