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... course , and gently made her liquid way ; The cloven billow flashed from off her prow In furrows formed , by that majestic plough . ' Huzza for Otaheite ! ' was the cry . The gentle island and the genial soil , The friendly hearts , the ...
... course , and gently made her liquid way ; The cloven billow flashed from off her prow In furrows formed , by that majestic plough . ' Huzza for Otaheite ! ' was the cry . The gentle island and the genial soil , The friendly hearts , the ...
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... course I had not failed to bring my large sketching - blocks ; and , thanks to the kindness of Mr Green , I had been able to replace my mildewed paper by a store of French paper , sold by the Gov- ernment offices at Papeete as unfit for ...
... course I had not failed to bring my large sketching - blocks ; and , thanks to the kindness of Mr Green , I had been able to replace my mildewed paper by a store of French paper , sold by the Gov- ernment offices at Papeete as unfit for ...
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... course I eat oysters raw - we might almost say alive . To this I can answer nothing , well remembering the savage delight with which we have often knocked UNGRACEFUL DANCES . 5 our own oysters off rocks and 4 A LADY'S CRUISE .
... course I eat oysters raw - we might almost say alive . To this I can answer nothing , well remembering the savage delight with which we have often knocked UNGRACEFUL DANCES . 5 our own oysters off rocks and 4 A LADY'S CRUISE .
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... course there were not lacking enemies who grudged Mr Stewart his apparent success , and many were the virulent attacks made upon him by other settlers in the group . Specimens of very inferior cotton were circulated in Europe ...
... course there were not lacking enemies who grudged Mr Stewart his apparent success , and many were the virulent attacks made upon him by other settlers in the group . Specimens of very inferior cotton were circulated in Europe ...
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... course , can always contrive to pick up a living somehow - but the bulk of the large village of wooden houses , once tenanted by master and men , now stands empty , the plantation is utterly neglected , the cotton - fields are all ...
... course , can always contrive to pick up a living somehow - but the bulk of the large village of wooden houses , once tenanted by master and men , now stands empty , the plantation is utterly neglected , the cotton - fields are all ...
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