A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 |
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Page 4
... hybiscus - leaves - we ate off foreign plates , with knives and forks of best electro - plate , and drank our red wine from clearest crystal glasses , and snowy napkins were not forgotten . There was a considerable consumption of raw ...
... hybiscus - leaves - we ate off foreign plates , with knives and forks of best electro - plate , and drank our red wine from clearest crystal glasses , and snowy napkins were not forgotten . There was a considerable consumption of raw ...
Page 6
... hybiscus fibre , all dyed either yellow or white : there must be miles of this fringe on that house . Yellow is happily admitted in Court mourn- ing ; so the majority of the people have either a yellow neck - tie , or some yellow ...
... hybiscus fibre , all dyed either yellow or white : there must be miles of this fringe on that house . Yellow is happily admitted in Court mourn- ing ; so the majority of the people have either a yellow neck - tie , or some yellow ...
Page 11
... blossom of the Tahitian chestnut , a noble forest - tree , with rich dark foliage , standing out in strong relief from the cool grey - greens of the hybiscus , with the lemon - coloured blossoms , which clothes the base of.
... blossom of the Tahitian chestnut , a noble forest - tree , with rich dark foliage , standing out in strong relief from the cool grey - greens of the hybiscus , with the lemon - coloured blossoms , which clothes the base of.
Page 15
... hybiscus , while its bursting pods offer their soft white fluff to all comers . But a softer , silkier cotton for stuffing pillows , is that obtained from the tall cotton - tree , with the scarlet blossom and long green pod . We halted ...
... hybiscus , while its bursting pods offer their soft white fluff to all comers . But a softer , silkier cotton for stuffing pillows , is that obtained from the tall cotton - tree , with the scarlet blossom and long green pod . We halted ...
Page 20
... hybiscus . At eight we started . The weather was threat- ening ; and soon heavy rain came on , which mocked our waterproofs , and gave us a thorough soaking , which we all bore philosophically , only regretting that we drove through a ...
... hybiscus . At eight we started . The weather was threat- ening ; and soon heavy rain came on , which mocked our waterproofs , and gave us a thorough soaking , which we all bore philosophically , only regretting that we drove through a ...
Common terms and phrases
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