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Today, the brightest jewel in Spain's African crown is Spanish Guinea, which Consists of the verdant, volcanic island of Fernando Poo, a few other smaller islands and the larger, rain-forest mainland province of Rio Muni.

From Time Magazine Archive

Beauty is Nature’s coin; must not be hoarded, But must be current; and the good thereof 740 Consists in mutual and partaken bliss, Unsavoury in the enjoyment of itself.

From Milton's Comus by Bell, William

Its general nature and function 65 Consists essentially of Corolla and Treasury 78 Has in perfect form the following parts:— I. The Torus.—Not yet enough described in the text.

From Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers by Ruskin, John

Consists of a number of fragments of five Biblical MSS.; the two last contain portions of 1 Cor.,

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose

Consists in an increased secretion of mucus from the nostrils without inflammation.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus