The English in the West Indies: Or, The Bow of UlyssesLongmans, Green, 1888 - 373 pages |
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... friends - The late rebellion -Slave emancipation - Spain and progress - A bull fight 243 253 CHAPTER XIX . Hotels in Havana - Sights in the city - Cigar manufactories - West Indian industries - The Captain - General - The Jesuit college ...
... friends - The late rebellion -Slave emancipation - Spain and progress - A bull fight 243 253 CHAPTER XIX . Hotels in Havana - Sights in the city - Cigar manufactories - West Indian industries - The Captain - General - The Jesuit college ...
Page 1
... friends and kinsfolk in Canada , in Australia , and in New Zealand have declared with a general voice , scarcely disturbed by a discord , that they are fellow - subjects of a single sovereign , that they are united in feeling , united ...
... friends and kinsfolk in Canada , in Australia , and in New Zealand have declared with a general voice , scarcely disturbed by a discord , that they are fellow - subjects of a single sovereign , that they are united in feeling , united ...
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... friend Mr. Motley was once speaking to me of the probable accession of Canada to the American republic . I asked him if he was sure that Canada would like it . Like it ? ' he replied . ' Would I like the house of Baring to take me into ...
... friend Mr. Motley was once speaking to me of the probable accession of Canada to the American republic . I asked him if he was sure that Canada would like it . Like it ? ' he replied . ' Would I like the house of Baring to take me into ...
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... friends who had accompa- nied them to take leave . I discovered , however , to my satis- faction that our party in the cabin would not be a large one . The West Indians who had come over for the Colonial Exhibition were most of them ...
... friends who had accompa- nied them to take leave . I discovered , however , to my satis- faction that our party in the cabin would not be a large one . The West Indians who had come over for the Colonial Exhibition were most of them ...
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... friends , who was going out to join her husband in Trinidad . This was a happy accident to start with . An announcement printed in Spanish in large letters in a conspicuous position intimated that I must be prepared for habits in some ...
... friends , who was going out to join her husband in Trinidad . This was a happy accident to start with . An announcement printed in Spanish in large letters in a conspicuous position intimated that I must be prepared for habits in some ...
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