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ON A LARK TO THE PLANETS
FRANCES TREGO MONTGOMERY
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Demanding Books on Fiction : GeneralFiction : ClassicsFiction : Fantasy : Action & Adventure: ON A LARK TO THE PLANETS
出版Beyond Books Hub, 1922-01-01
主題Fiction / GeneralFiction / ClassicsFiction / Fantasy / Action & Adventure
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=3IakEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Nearer and nearer toward strange and unexplored regions, higher and higher sailed the Wonderful Elephant, borne along by the great silken balloon. Harold and Ione, the Prince and the little Princess slept peacefully. It was midnight by the hands of the clock, but the boundless aerial space through which they sped was lighted by myriads upon myriads of twinkling stars. On and still on through diamond-specked space the Elephant floated safely. Above, below, to right, to left, and round about in all directions, flashing, glittering globes of light were to be seen and of such dazzling hues and colors as had never been dreamed of by earth-bound mortals. The planet Neptune was wrapped 13in a bluish-green vapor; Uranus seemed a blinding white; Saturn emitted a yellow light; Jupiter shone like a glorious, crimson jewel; Mars blazed forth fiery red beams, while Mercury seemed bathed in a metallic green color...