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... delightful reading . " - Illustrated London News . " She has produced a volume of very great interest . Not only is it highly amusing - there is scarcely a dull page from cover to cover - but it contains a great number of important ...
... delightful reading . " - Illustrated London News . " She has produced a volume of very great interest . Not only is it highly amusing - there is scarcely a dull page from cover to cover - but it contains a great number of important ...
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... it came to pass that on the 5th September 1877 I started on the cruise in a French man - of - war , which proved one of the most delightful episodes in many years of travel . NOTE TO THE FIRST EDITION . THE KEY TO THE vi INTRODUCTION .
... it came to pass that on the 5th September 1877 I started on the cruise in a French man - of - war , which proved one of the most delightful episodes in many years of travel . NOTE TO THE FIRST EDITION . THE KEY TO THE vi INTRODUCTION .
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... delightful . So I am actually to embark this afternoon , Lady Gordon and dear little sailor Jack , and Captain Knollys , accompanying me on board , to see me fairly started . This evening we sail for the Friendly Isles ( Tonga ) , and ...
... delightful . So I am actually to embark this afternoon , Lady Gordon and dear little sailor Jack , and Captain Knollys , accompanying me on board , to see me fairly started . This evening we sail for the Friendly Isles ( Tonga ) , and ...
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... delight when she learnt the real name of her guest , and many a pleasant reminiscence she had to tell of certain of ... delightful drive , over a good broad grass road — the bush on either side fragrant with jessamine , and the trees in ...
... delight when she learnt the real name of her guest , and many a pleasant reminiscence she had to tell of certain of ... delightful drive , over a good broad grass road — the bush on either side fragrant with jessamine , and the trees in ...
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... delight . They collected piles of old cocoa - nut fibre and dry palm - leaves and kindled bright blazing fires , whose ruddy light glowed on the dark crevices , which even the setting sun could not reach , and blended with the blue and ...
... delight . They collected piles of old cocoa - nut fibre and dry palm - leaves and kindled bright blazing fires , whose ruddy light glowed on the dark crevices , which even the setting sun could not reach , and blended with the blue and ...
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