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... Scotland , and reads English well , as do several of the others . Having so generously given me his cabin , he has taken up his abode in the chart - room on the bridge , and declares he likes it far better ; that it is much cooler , and ...
... Scotland , and reads English well , as do several of the others . Having so generously given me his cabin , he has taken up his abode in the chart - room on the bridge , and declares he likes it far better ; that it is much cooler , and ...
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... Scotland , in detecting any error in the teaching of their minister . Small mercy would these Samoan critics have shown to such a preacher as that young curate who , in his anxiety to improve the story of the Prodigal Son , expatiated ...
... Scotland , in detecting any error in the teaching of their minister . Small mercy would these Samoan critics have shown to such a preacher as that young curate who , in his anxiety to improve the story of the Prodigal Son , expatiated ...
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... Scotland or Wales . This circumstance , added to the intense jealousies of the tribes , made it a matter of extreme difficulty , as well as danger , to attempt visiting different villages , in which endeavour Mr Turner and Mr Nisbet ...
... Scotland or Wales . This circumstance , added to the intense jealousies of the tribes , made it a matter of extreme difficulty , as well as danger , to attempt visiting different villages , in which endeavour Mr Turner and Mr Nisbet ...
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... in the wall , there to remain enshrined , as a perpetual memorial to the people of Samoa of the earnest and noble life that was spent in striving to exemplify the holiness he preached . tappa ; just as an old wife in Scotland would.
... in the wall , there to remain enshrined , as a perpetual memorial to the people of Samoa of the earnest and noble life that was spent in striving to exemplify the holiness he preached . tappa ; just as an old wife in Scotland would.
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Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming. tappa ; just as an old wife in Scotland would wrap hers in a white handkerchief ! In the afternoon my hostess accompanied me to the convent , where the children sang prettily while we sat in the ...
Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming. tappa ; just as an old wife in Scotland would wrap hers in a white handkerchief ! In the afternoon my hostess accompanied me to the convent , where the children sang prettily while we sat in the ...
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