The English in the West Indies: Or, The Bow of UlyssesLongmans, Green, 1888 - 373 pages |
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... kind were sent flying through me by the newspaper articles on Tennyson and Mr. Glad- stone . The air cleared , and my mind also , as we ran beyond the smoke . The fields were covered deep with snow ; a white vapour clung along the ...
... kind were sent flying through me by the newspaper articles on Tennyson and Mr. Glad- stone . The air cleared , and my mind also , as we ran beyond the smoke . The fields were covered deep with snow ; a white vapour clung along the ...
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... kind . ' Se suplica á los señores pasajeros de no escupir sobre la cubierta de popa . ' I may as well leave the words untranslated , but the ' suppli- cation ' is not unnecessary . The Spanish colonists , like their countrymen at home ...
... kind . ' Se suplica á los señores pasajeros de no escupir sobre la cubierta de popa . ' I may as well leave the words untranslated , but the ' suppli- cation ' is not unnecessary . The Spanish colonists , like their countrymen at home ...
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... kind of man , with fine literary skill , and describes what he saw with a jealous appreciation which he intended to act upon his own countrymen . The island , according to him , was running over with wealth , and was very imperfectly ...
... kind of man , with fine literary skill , and describes what he saw with a jealous appreciation which he intended to act upon his own countrymen . The island , according to him , was running over with wealth , and was very imperfectly ...
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... kind . We anchored outside . Mr. S landed in an official boat with two flags , a missionary in another , which had only one . The crews of a dozen other boats then clambered up the gangway to dispute possession of the rest of us , shout ...
... kind . We anchored outside . Mr. S landed in an official boat with two flags , a missionary in another , which had only one . The crews of a dozen other boats then clambered up the gangway to dispute possession of the rest of us , shout ...
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... kind was to be seen in it . The great wooden jetty where cargoes used to be landed , or taken on board , was a wreck , the piles eaten through , the platform broken . On the Quay there was no sign of life , or of business , the houses ...
... kind was to be seen in it . The great wooden jetty where cargoes used to be landed , or taken on board , was a wreck , the piles eaten through , the platform broken . On the Quay there was no sign of life , or of business , the houses ...
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