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... lived from the cradle by the sweat of his brow . A square well - formed head , well placed on a strong nervous neck , completed the man . The countenance , although that of a pure Malay , had nothing so re- HIS ATTIRE AND CHARACTER . 39 ...
... lived from the cradle by the sweat of his brow . A square well - formed head , well placed on a strong nervous neck , completed the man . The countenance , although that of a pure Malay , had nothing so re- HIS ATTIRE AND CHARACTER . 39 ...
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... lived at Singa- pore , and apart from an occasional honest fare , used at nights to waylay the market - boats and Chinese petty traders , and frighten them into paying black mail . Even this came to an end ; for , one day when BY ...
... lived at Singa- pore , and apart from an occasional honest fare , used at nights to waylay the market - boats and Chinese petty traders , and frighten them into paying black mail . Even this came to an end ; for , one day when BY ...
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... lived , as it were , amongst human beings , that they screwed up their courage to indulge in such a dangerous luxury as eating men or women . Of the enormous strength and extraordinary vitality of these reptiles , we had a pretty good ...
... lived , as it were , amongst human beings , that they screwed up their courage to indulge in such a dangerous luxury as eating men or women . Of the enormous strength and extraordinary vitality of these reptiles , we had a pretty good ...
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... lived in momentary expectation of a tough action with a set of heroes who had already fought the boats of H. M. S. " Zebra " and " Rose " on former occasions , and allowed them no decided advantage . During the day we used to lie ...
... lived in momentary expectation of a tough action with a set of heroes who had already fought the boats of H. M. S. " Zebra " and " Rose " on former occasions , and allowed them no decided advantage . During the day we used to lie ...
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... lived in a hut on the beach . Awakening my interpreter , Jamboo , who being upon Company's pay gave way to sleeping and rice - eating with a degree of perseverance which astonished me , I hastened JAMBOO REMONSTRATES . 117 away with him ...
... lived in a hut on the beach . Awakening my interpreter , Jamboo , who being upon Company's pay gave way to sleeping and rice - eating with a degree of perseverance which astonished me , I hastened JAMBOO REMONSTRATES . 117 away with him ...
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Seite 295 - All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. Day after day, day after day. We stuck, nor breath nor motion ; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.
Seite 23 - Sharon Turner's History of the AngloSaxons, from the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest.
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Seite 6 - Blair's Chronological and Historical Tables, from the Creation to the present time : With Additions and Corrections from the most authentic Writers ; including the Computation of St. Paul, as connecting the Period from the Exode to the Temple.
Seite 15 - Mrs. Marcet's Conversations on Chemistry, in which the Elements of that Science are familiarly explained and illustrated by Experiments.
Seite 14 - Britannicum abridged : Containing the Hardy Trees and Shrubs of Great Britain, Native and Foreign, Scientifically and Popularly Described ; with their Propagation, Culture, and Uses in the Arts ; and with Engravings of nearly all the Species.
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