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... till the Seignelay arrives there , she will not receive her further orders , and may perhaps be sent to Valparaiso , which has no attractions for me . So my line of march is at present somewhat undecided . I think I shall almost ...
... till the Seignelay arrives there , she will not receive her further orders , and may perhaps be sent to Valparaiso , which has no attractions for me . So my line of march is at present somewhat undecided . I think I shall almost ...
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... till the afternoon , when there was much saluting - twenty - one guns fired from the ship , and twenty - one returned . We naturally made for the highest point of this very flat town- namely , the Wesleyan church , which , though it ...
... till the afternoon , when there was much saluting - twenty - one guns fired from the ship , and twenty - one returned . We naturally made for the highest point of this very flat town- namely , the Wesleyan church , which , though it ...
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... till the Wesleyans ventured to reoccupy the dangerous ground , with what success we well know , seeing that to the aid given by their Tongan converts was due much of their wonderful progress in Fiji . On the green hill of Nukualofa are ...
... till the Wesleyans ventured to reoccupy the dangerous ground , with what success we well know , seeing that to the aid given by their Tongan converts was due much of their wonderful progress in Fiji . On the green hill of Nukualofa are ...
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... till the later service . At 7.30 they brought me café au lait in my cell , and at 8 we went together to high Mass in the large native church . Of course there was a very full congregation , as , the better to impress the native mind ...
... till the later service . At 7.30 they brought me café au lait in my cell , and at 8 we went together to high Mass in the large native church . Of course there was a very full congregation , as , the better to impress the native mind ...
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... till summoned by the Fathers to supper at their house , which stands close to the church . They gave the best they had , -namely , salt - junk and villanously cooked cab bage , whereat their naval guests secretly groaned , and bewailed ...
... till summoned by the Fathers to supper at their house , which stands close to the church . They gave the best they had , -namely , salt - junk and villanously cooked cab bage , whereat their naval guests secretly groaned , and bewailed ...
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