From the Land of the WombatJ. Long, 1899 - 220 pages |
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afterwards amongst Australian bark Barnes beautiful Bessie better Boronia Boyd Bunivil Burketown bush bushrangers camp cattle Charles Wood Charlie-I cleanskins coolamon Coringa dead diggers dogs Dora Dourāval Eacharn Eeiya eyes Falconer Fassifern father feet fellow felt fence fire free selector Gallagher gave girl gone grass gully hand head hills Holroyd horses Imrie jackeroo Jennie Josiah kangaroo kangaroo dogs killed Kilpatrick knew Lake Hope Lalor live look Louise Lucy Lyddie mate McParritch miles morning Myall Downs never night O'Shea old Jimmy plain poor Possum Creek pretty quadroon rabbits reef Reverend Topaz riding Ritchie river rode round sheep shot sort station swagmen Swanhill Jack Taylor tell thing thought Tim Gallagher told Tommy took trees turned waddygalo Waratah Warren River Wattle whilst whisky wild Wombat yards young
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Page 144 - And only the Master shall praise us, and only the Master shall blame; And no one shall work for money, and no one shall work for fame, But each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate star, Shall draw the Thing as he sees It for the God of Things as They are!
Page 18 - His coal-black curls as on he rode, As he rode down to Camelot. From the bank and from the river He flash'd into the crystal mirror, 'Tirra lirra,' by the river Sang Sir Lancelot.
Page 213 - Will you walk into my parlour?" said the Spider to the Fly," 'Tis the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy; The way into my parlour is up a winding stair, And I have many curious things to show when you are there."
Page 84 - But it was not an absolute duet," cry I, raising my voice a little, and speaking with some excitement; "you are talking about what you do not know! you are quite wrong.
Page 42 - Only those two knew it, and they came to the conclusion that it would not be possible to work it without attracting a vast population to the spot.
Page 90 - ... the entire populace of the Republic, and to blow every atom of water from the river I The number of men they would feed, and the distance they would cover if extended in a lin.e I do not know; but it may be taken for granted that the export of these preserved instruments of bovine speech is very considerable.
Page 46 - The latter has a wide and varied knowledge of the " world and all that therein is," for he has travelled in many climes and gathered his experience.