A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 |
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... luxurious silence of the skies , The sweet siesta of a summer day , The tropic afternoon of Toobonai , When every flower was bloom , and air was balm , And the first breath began to stir the palm . " -The Island : LORD BYRON . 1 All ...
... luxurious silence of the skies , The sweet siesta of a summer day , The tropic afternoon of Toobonai , When every flower was bloom , and air was balm , And the first breath began to stir the palm . " -The Island : LORD BYRON . 1 All ...
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... luxury , bread - fruit the staff of life , so it alone is used . When eaten fresh with milk it tastes rather like gooseberry - fool ; but the natives prefer it fermented , and consequently sour . The pulpy fruit is first pounded with a ...
... luxury , bread - fruit the staff of life , so it alone is used . When eaten fresh with milk it tastes rather like gooseberry - fool ; but the natives prefer it fermented , and consequently sour . The pulpy fruit is first pounded with a ...
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... us yesterday was invisible . Only sheets of grey drifting cloud , and dripping trees , dripping carriages , horses , and umbrellas . We left Marau at Afaahiti , while we drove on to these now familiar quarters , where I have the luxury.
... us yesterday was invisible . Only sheets of grey drifting cloud , and dripping trees , dripping carriages , horses , and umbrellas . We left Marau at Afaahiti , while we drove on to these now familiar quarters , where I have the luxury.
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Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming. these now familiar quarters , where I have the luxury of a large , good room . Of course we all arrived soaked , and have spent the day in trying to get dry . I think most of the gentlemen have managed ...
Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming. these now familiar quarters , where I have the luxury of a large , good room . Of course we all arrived soaked , and have spent the day in trying to get dry . I think most of the gentlemen have managed ...
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... luxuries of Tahiti had induced me to travel without my own mosquito - net ; and the attacks of these persistent foes , combined with the perpetual movement of locomotive women , incessantly opening the door at my head and admitting a ...
... luxuries of Tahiti had induced me to travel without my own mosquito - net ; and the attacks of these persistent foes , combined with the perpetual movement of locomotive women , incessantly opening the door at my head and admitting a ...
Common terms and phrases
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