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Psamathe of charming figure and divine Menippe, Neso, Eupompe,
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The diameter of Menippe I knew did not exceed twelve miles.
Other Worlds Their Nature, Possibilities and Habitability in the Light of the Latest Discoveries 1890
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"Of course on Menippe the people must be as large as this, for the little planet is only a dozen miles in diameter, and the force of gravity is consequently so small that a man without loss of activity, or inconvenience, can grow three quarters of a mile tall."
Other Worlds Their Nature, Possibilities and Habitability in the Light of the Latest Discoveries 1890
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For some time, whenever my face was turned toward the little globe of Menippe, I saw the giant, partly in profile against the sky, with his back bent and his hands upon his knees, watching me with an occasional approving nod of his big head.
Other Worlds Their Nature, Possibilities and Habitability in the Light of the Latest Discoveries 1890
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Menippe I knew "g" must equal about one twentieth of a foot, and "r"
Other Worlds Their Nature, Possibilities and Habitability in the Light of the Latest Discoveries 1890
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Soon Menippe dwindled to a point, and I saw her inhospitable inhabitant no more.
Other Worlds Their Nature, Possibilities and Habitability in the Light of the Latest Discoveries 1890
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The direction of my expulsion from Menippe had been such that
Other Worlds Their Nature, Possibilities and Habitability in the Light of the Latest Discoveries 1890
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Why, only the other day I was figuring it out that a man could easily jump a thousand feet high from the surface of Menippe, and now here I actually am on Menippe.
Other Worlds Their Nature, Possibilities and Habitability in the Light of the Latest Discoveries 1890
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The Corona were fabled to be Menippe and Metioche, two daughters of Orion, who sacrificed themselves at the suggestion of an oracle, to protect
The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature 1788
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By some his mother was said to have been Menippe; by others
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) Jacob Bryant 1759
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