Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 103W. Blackwood, 1868 - England |
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... called in the House of Com- mons the future masters of the country ; and if that sarcasm con- tains any truth , it seems to me that the first thing we had better think of is , our heavy responsibility ; that is to say , the terrible ...
... called in the House of Com- mons the future masters of the country ; and if that sarcasm con- tains any truth , it seems to me that the first thing we had better think of is , our heavy responsibility ; that is to say , the terrible ...
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... called a room on the ground floor , beyond the porter's lodge ; and these open warehouses seemed to be filled full with masses of stacked firewood . Linda knew well the value of such stores in Nuremberg , and lost none of her veneration ...
... called a room on the ground floor , beyond the porter's lodge ; and these open warehouses seemed to be filled full with masses of stacked firewood . Linda knew well the value of such stores in Nuremberg , and lost none of her veneration ...
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SKETCHES IN POLYNESIA . * It is called angona in Fiji , and kava. THE many groups of lovely islands which lie scattered over the bosom of the broad Pacific Ocean abound in interest to the natural- ist , the merchant , and the poli ...
SKETCHES IN POLYNESIA . * It is called angona in Fiji , and kava. THE many groups of lovely islands which lie scattered over the bosom of the broad Pacific Ocean abound in interest to the natural- ist , the merchant , and the poli ...
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* It is called angona in Fiji , and kava in Tonga and the eastern islands . 1868. ] Sketches in Polynesia . The Romish ... called ava , which is com- mon throughout Polynesia , and merits description on account of the peculiarity of its ...
* It is called angona in Fiji , and kava in Tonga and the eastern islands . 1868. ] Sketches in Polynesia . The Romish ... called ava , which is com- mon throughout Polynesia , and merits description on account of the peculiarity of its ...
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... called the tiputa — a loose cov- ering for the bosom , being a piece of calico , with a hole in the middle for the head , hanging down before and behind like a poncho . But this is an innovation dating only from the introduction of ...
... called the tiputa — a loose cov- ering for the bosom , being a piece of calico , with a hole in the middle for the head , hanging down before and behind like a poncho . But this is an innovation dating only from the introduction of ...
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Page 266 - And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time as you shall receive from this or a future Congress...
Page 551 - ... and what we ought to do and what we ought not to do, whoever came into the world without having an innate idea of them?
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Page 477 - These savages, who want all manner of regard and deference to the rest of mankind, come only to show themselves to us, without any other purpose than to let us know they despise us. The gross of an audience is composed of two sorts of people, those who know no pleasure but of the body, and those who improve or command corporeal pleasures by the addition of fine sentiments of the mind.