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A windmill is eternally at work to accomplish one end although it shifts with every variation of the weather cock and assumes 10 different positions in a day.
A windmill is eternally at work to accomplish one end although it shifts with every variation of the weather cock and assumes 10 different positions in a day.
Approximate author period: c. 1832 AD · industrial
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- Charles Caleb Colton
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- Approximate author period: c. 1832 AD · industrial
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