A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 |
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Page 48
... Papeete learn from what direction the new- comer may be expected . Then , as she draws nearer , the signals reveal her class and her nationality . I remained for several hours , working up an ela- borate drawing , begun soon after my ...
... Papeete learn from what direction the new- comer may be expected . Then , as she draws nearer , the signals reveal her class and her nationality . I remained for several hours , working up an ela- borate drawing , begun soon after my ...
Page 75
... PAPEETE , Sunday , 4th Nov. DEAREST NELL , -All the others have gone off to the Tahitian church . As I find , from long experi- ence , that attending service in an unknown tongue tends to produce habits of the strictest inattention , I ...
... PAPEETE , Sunday , 4th Nov. DEAREST NELL , -All the others have gone off to the Tahitian church . As I find , from long experi- ence , that attending service in an unknown tongue tends to produce habits of the strictest inattention , I ...
Page 84
... Papeete harbour . Altogether this has been a most tantalising ex- pedition , an unsatisfactory hurrying over scenes of surpassing beauty . Mrs Brander says that if I will stay some time longer in Tahiti she will take me back there and ...
... Papeete harbour . Altogether this has been a most tantalising ex- pedition , an unsatisfactory hurrying over scenes of surpassing beauty . Mrs Brander says that if I will stay some time longer in Tahiti she will take me back there and ...
Page 91
... PAPEETE , Saturday Afternoon . Jubilate Jubilate ! The Maramma is to start in an hour , but will leave me to revel in South Sea loveliness till her next trip . This morning , just as I was putting the finishing - touches to my packing ...
... PAPEETE , Saturday Afternoon . Jubilate Jubilate ! The Maramma is to start in an hour , but will leave me to revel in South Sea loveliness till her next trip . This morning , just as I was putting the finishing - touches to my packing ...
Page 93
... PAPEETE , November 11th . I AM certainly very glad that my good friends here supplied the moral courage which I failed to find , and so enabled me to repent at the eleventh hour . I do rejoice in the sense of repose , knowing that for ...
... PAPEETE , November 11th . I AM certainly very glad that my good friends here supplied the moral courage which I failed to find , and so enabled me to repent at the eleventh hour . I do rejoice in the sense of repose , knowing that for ...
Common terms and phrases
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