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Old WorldThe continents of the eastern hemisphere, so called because they were familiar to Europeans before the Americas. The term is used as an adjective to describe animals and plants that live in the eastern hemisphere. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In 1633, and the year afterwards, the small-pox broke out among the Massachusetts Indians, multitudes of whom died by this terrible disease of the Old World. The gate was then closed, and the girl found herself back in the old world close to her mother's house. The Atlantic is a Lethean stream, in our passage over which we have had an opportunity to forget the Old World and its institutions. |
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