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1 I, I | headland rose more than sixty feet above the sea-level, and
2 I, II | was rather more than five feet six inches high, slim and
3 I, II | mustaches, well-formed hands and feet, and a clear blue eye. He
4 I, II | less than fifteen thousand feet in height.~Ben Zoof’s most
5 I, II | of some thirteen thousand feet to make it as high as Mont
6 I, III | the orderly was upon his feet, standing in a military
7 I, V | Both men were soon on their feet, and began to make a vigorous
8 I, V | it were, wings to their feet. If Ben Zoof had expressed
9 I, V | a rock, more than thirty feet in height. It belonged to
10 I, V | leap must have been thirty feet at least.”~“True enough,”
11 I, V | of water, and about ten feet wide. With the intention
12 I, V | sprung to a height of forty feet into the air. Fearful of
13 I, V | to an altitude of thirty feet; in his ascent he passed
14 I, V | a bound of four or five feet high.~Ben Zoof burst into
15 I, V | scarcely touched it with their feet, and their only fear was
16 I, VII | summit of a mountain 35,000 feet high; and had Servadac been
17 I, VIII | Servadac, starting to his feet. “A ship! Ben Zoof, you
18 I, X | twenty-five or twenty-six feet as the maximum elevation
19 I, X | rising fifty or even sixty feet. Nor did these waves in
20 I, X | upon an elevation of 750 feet; it is incredible that it
21 I, X | reached an altitude of 1,200 feet; but even this peak, which
22 I, XI | altitude of more than 7,000 feet.~Unsparing of her fuel,
23 I, XI | rising abruptly about forty feet above the water. It had
24 I, XII | occasionally of three hundred feet. The waves dashed violently
25 I, XII | rock; it was hardly forty feet wide. Whether it was a passage
26 I, XIII | reared itself some 1,600 feet above the sea, was not,
27 I, XIV | look, and half rose to his feet, but, smothering his resentment,
28 I, XIV | simultaneously to their feet.~“England in existence?”
29 I, XVI | perpendicularly for a thousand feet— that had replaced the shores
30 I, XVI | reached an altitude of 600 feet they noticed a sensible
31 I, XVII | very peak of Etna, 11,000 feet as it had reared itself
32 I, XVII | volcano, at least 3,000 feet high, its crater crowned
33 I, XVIII| little more than a hundred feet. As the yacht approached
34 I, XVIII| bound to a height of thirty feet or more into the air, considerably
35 I, XVIII| beard, unkempt hair, huge feet, and long bony hands, he
36 I, XX | hope to dig down a hundred feet or so and secure for themselves
37 I, XX | but at a depth of eight feet below the surface, the navvies
38 I, XX | reveal itself within a few feet of the surface of the ground.~
39 I, XX | which was more than sixty feet above the level of the sea,
40 I, XXII | a height of nearly 3,000 feet above the level of the sea,
41 I, XXIV | The yawl was about twelve feet long, and capable of holding
42 II, I | shrivelled little man, about five feet two inches high, with a
43 II, II | to set his patient on his feet again. He watched every
44 II, II | Rosette, starting to his feet with excitement.~“How? Why?
45 II, IV | to find, about a hundred feet above the central grotto,
46 II, V | sea. Above the cavern, 130 feet up the mountain, was a dark
47 II, V | vessels being now some fifteen feet above the level of the sea.~“
48 II, V | elevated perhaps to a hundred feet.~A thin curl of blue smoke
49 II, XI | tartan was upheaved fifty feet above the level of the Gallian
50 II, XII | descended nearly five hundred feet. From time to time they
51 II, XII | When they were six hundred feet below the orifice the mercury
52 II, XII | about another three hundred feet, which brought the explorers
53 II, XII | total depth of nine hundred feet from their old quarters.
54 II, XII | sides of the crater for 900 feet, and descend the same distance
55 II, XIII | Buried thus, nearly 900 feet below ground, the Gallians
56 II, XIII | uplifted to a height of 150 feet, not only rendering them
57 II, XVIII| temperature.~Beneath their feet was extended the basin of
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