A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 |
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... MISSION ON MOOREA - A SKETCH OF THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE MISSION , CHAPTER XXI . A HEALING TREE - PLANTATION LIFE - VANILLA CROPS - CAT- AND - DOG LIFE - A FOILED ASSASSIN - THE TROPICS OF TO- DAY - ENGLAND IN DAYS OF YORE - AMONG THE ...
... MISSION ON MOOREA - A SKETCH OF THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE MISSION , CHAPTER XXI . A HEALING TREE - PLANTATION LIFE - VANILLA CROPS - CAT- AND - DOG LIFE - A FOILED ASSASSIN - THE TROPICS OF TO- DAY - ENGLAND IN DAYS OF YORE - AMONG THE ...
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... Mission have so wisely encouraged the people to retain , even at their school and church festivals . This afternoon was clear and bright , and the drive to the isthmus and then up the ridge was very beautiful . Part of the road lay ...
... Mission have so wisely encouraged the people to retain , even at their school and church festivals . This afternoon was clear and bright , and the drive to the isthmus and then up the ridge was very beautiful . Part of the road lay ...
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... missions " in these parts , of whose “ pure Biblical English " Lord Pembroke spoke so admiringly . She is now on a visit to Mrs Brander , to whom she has been like a second mother . There I have frequently met her , and we have become ...
... missions " in these parts , of whose “ pure Biblical English " Lord Pembroke spoke so admiringly . She is now on a visit to Mrs Brander , to whom she has been like a second mother . There I have frequently met her , and we have become ...
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... Mission endeavoured to establish a station in the group , but found the people such savage cannibals , that the position was untenable , and they were forced to abandon it . From that time forward we have only an occasional record of ...
... Mission endeavoured to establish a station in the group , but found the people such savage cannibals , that the position was untenable , and they were forced to abandon it . From that time forward we have only an occasional record of ...
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... Mission , had positively refused to allow certain French priests to settle in the isles , and found a Roman Catholic Mission , with a view to proselytising . These proving obstinate in their determination to remain , had , with all due ...
... Mission , had positively refused to allow certain French priests to settle in the isles , and found a Roman Catholic Mission , with a view to proselytising . These proving obstinate in their determination to remain , had , with all due ...
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