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Earlier today I was reading an almost 40-year old paper** on the sand-beach isopod Tylos punctatus.
Science is AYDIN 2008
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Earlier today I was reading an almost 40-year old paper** on the sand-beach isopod Tylos punctatus.
Archive 2008-03-01 AYDIN 2008
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We have got a magnificent sand-beach, and rose-coloured shells, and spacious bay, and mountain scenery all around; but we have some other disadvantages.
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The crescent sand-beach, said to be the most beautiful in the Pacific, the fringe of palms, the far-reaching groves behind, and the great ocean, slept in summer calm, as they sleep today.
The Hawaiian Archipelago Isabella Lucy 2004
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From the lighthouse dome at Fernandina one can look over half the island, trace the white sand-beach miles to the south -- follow it north till it curves inland where Amelia Sound, the mouth of the St. Mary's
Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science Various
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A small island with a white sand-beach and a tuft of trees, is surrounded by a symmetrically oval space of shallow water, of a bright grass-green colour, enclosed by a ring of glittering surf as white as snow; immediately outside of which is the rich dark blue of deep water.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. Various
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Fled away from the shore, and left the line of the sand-beach
Elson Grammar School Literature v4 William H. Elson
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No one who has often walked across a sand-beach in summer can have failed to remark what the children call "sand saucers."
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 Various
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Having delivered himself of which last and hardest shot, Uncle Shubael shouldered his cod-craft, and, without awaiting an answer, tugged across the sand-beach for home.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 Various
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A fresh breeze of declining day was springing up, and bringing the rising tide landward, -- each several line of waves with its white crests coming up and breaking gracefully on the hard, sparkling sand-beach at their feet.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 Various
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