52e91e78_thenian_Empire___December_2005__Verne_s_text
[Butchers commentary] Verne is again making play on similarities between body appendages. [Vernes text] 
With a single night, in a strong north wind, the thermometer fell nearly forty degrees .... And when Bell put his nose outside in the morning, he almost left it there in the extreme frost.
Austro-Athenian Empire - December 2005
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