A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 |
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... . Here and there the broad grass roads are edged with avenues of tall plantains ; very handsome in a dead calm , but too delicate to endure - - to- MILDEWED PAPER . 3 the rough wooing of these riotous 2 A LADY'S CRUISE .
... . Here and there the broad grass roads are edged with avenues of tall plantains ; very handsome in a dead calm , but too delicate to endure - - to- MILDEWED PAPER . 3 the rough wooing of these riotous 2 A LADY'S CRUISE .
Page 3
... delicate pink silk . We halted at various points , where deputations had assembled to welcome the king , and about eleven o'clock reached Punavia , -a lovely spot on the sea - shore , at the mouth of a beautiful valley , above which ...
... delicate pink silk . We halted at various points , where deputations had assembled to welcome the king , and about eleven o'clock reached Punavia , -a lovely spot on the sea - shore , at the mouth of a beautiful valley , above which ...
Page 11
... delicate tender hues of the silky young banana - leaves , ranging through every description of dark - green and bright - green , blue- green and sunlit yellow , till the eye is fain to rest on the sombre hair - like foliage of the iron ...
... delicate tender hues of the silky young banana - leaves , ranging through every description of dark - green and bright - green , blue- green and sunlit yellow , till the eye is fain to rest on the sombre hair - like foliage of the iron ...
Page 21
... delicate artificial arrowroot flowers , and crowned every one of us . Many of the party had already secured filmy plumes of the snowy reva - reva ; and the majority of the women , following the good example of Marau , no longer pretend ...
... delicate artificial arrowroot flowers , and crowned every one of us . Many of the party had already secured filmy plumes of the snowy reva - reva ; and the majority of the women , following the good example of Marau , no longer pretend ...
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... delicate leaves . We were welcomed by a large family of chiefs , and specially by a kind old lady , who kissed us all on both cheeks , down to M. Hardouin , A.D.C. , when Marau's untimely laughter stopped her proceeding to the remaining ...
... delicate leaves . We were welcomed by a large family of chiefs , and specially by a kind old lady , who kissed us all on both cheeks , down to M. Hardouin , A.D.C. , when Marau's untimely laughter stopped her proceeding to the remaining ...
Common terms and phrases
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