The English in the West Indies: Or, The Bow of UlyssesLongmans, Green, 1888 - 373 pages |
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... become our market ; and whether they were nominally attached to the Empire , or were independent , or joined them- selves to some other power , was of no commercial moment to us . It was felt , however , that as long as any tie remained ...
... become our market ; and whether they were nominally attached to the Empire , or were independent , or joined them- selves to some other power , was of no commercial moment to us . It was felt , however , that as long as any tie remained ...
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... becomes always intolerable . I do not believe in the degeneracy of our race . I believe the present generation of Englishmen to be capable of all that their fathers were and possibly of more ; but we are just now in a moulting state ...
... becomes always intolerable . I do not believe in the degeneracy of our race . I believe the present generation of Englishmen to be capable of all that their fathers were and possibly of more ; but we are just now in a moulting state ...
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... becomes hebetated . The chief object of going abroad , in Plato's opinion , is to converse with Oεo ävôpes , inspired men , whom Providence scatters about the globe , and from whom alone wisdom can be learnt . And I , alas ! was long ...
... becomes hebetated . The chief object of going abroad , in Plato's opinion , is to converse with Oεo ävôpes , inspired men , whom Providence scatters about the globe , and from whom alone wisdom can be learnt . And I , alas ! was long ...
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... connived at in Martinique . Adventurers , buccaneers , pirates pass across the stage- the curtain falls on them , and rises on a more glorious scene . THE ANTILLES 27 Jamaica had become the depôt of the 26 THE ENGLISH IN THE WEST INDIES.
... connived at in Martinique . Adventurers , buccaneers , pirates pass across the stage- the curtain falls on them , and rises on a more glorious scene . THE ANTILLES 27 Jamaica had become the depôt of the 26 THE ENGLISH IN THE WEST INDIES.
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Or, The Bow of Ulysses James Anthony Froude. THE ANTILLES 27 Jamaica had become the depôt of the trade of England with the western world , and golden streams had poured into Port Royal . Barbadoes was unoccupied when England took pos ...
Or, The Bow of Ulysses James Anthony Froude. THE ANTILLES 27 Jamaica had become the depôt of the trade of England with the western world , and golden streams had poured into Port Royal . Barbadoes was unoccupied when England took pos ...
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