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TWO THOUSAND MILES FROM A DOCTOR – ORANGE-Gh OVES — A LOVELY
SEA-LAKE-CORAL CAVES. ON BoARD LE SEIGNELAY, Wednesday, 12th
September 1877. Here I am once more safely ensconced in my favourite niche, ...
TWO THOUSAND MILES FROM A DOCTOR – ORANGE-Gh OVES — A LOVELY
SEA-LAKE-CORAL CAVES. ON BoARD LE SEIGNELAY, Wednesday, 12th
September 1877. Here I am once more safely ensconced in my favourite niche, ...
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We embarked this morning early, the four Sisters, by special sanction of the
bishop, coming to see the last of me, and to breakfast with M. Aube;—an
outrageous piece of dissipation, they said, but almost like once again setting foot
in France.
We embarked this morning early, the four Sisters, by special sanction of the
bishop, coming to see the last of me, and to breakfast with M. Aube;—an
outrageous piece of dissipation, they said, but almost like once again setting foot
in France.
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The bishop went ashore at once, and was reverently welcomed by two priests,
one of whom, Père Bréton, has been here for about thirty years, living a life so
ascetic as to amaze even his brethren, so completely does mind appear to have ...
The bishop went ashore at once, and was reverently welcomed by two priests,
one of whom, Père Bréton, has been here for about thirty years, living a life so
ascetic as to amaze even his brethren, so completely does mind appear to have ...
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M. Thoulon, the good kind doctor (himself père de famille), at once vetoed the
rash arrangement, and his well-applied wisdom, and kind encouraging words,
have already restored heart to the * A great Tongan chief, settled in Fiji, who, up
to ...
M. Thoulon, the good kind doctor (himself père de famille), at once vetoed the
rash arrangement, and his well-applied wisdom, and kind encouraging words,
have already restored heart to the * A great Tongan chief, settled in Fiji, who, up
to ...
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... who devote themselves to teaching children whose lives have been spared by
their own once cannibal parents, and who now worship with them, in a
handsome stone church, built by themselves, under the direction of the Fathers,
and are in ...
... who devote themselves to teaching children whose lives have been spared by
their own once cannibal parents, and who now worship with them, in a
handsome stone church, built by themselves, under the direction of the Fathers,
and are in ...
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Page 188 - The musicians sit on the grass, on mats, in two divisions, arranged in rows so as to form two squares. A space is left between these, where the " conductor" (should there chance to be one) walks up and down, directing the choruses. But very often there is no leader, and all sing apparently according to their own sweet will, introducing any variations that occur to them.
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| Title | A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 1 |
| Author | Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming |
| Publisher | William Blackwood and Sons, 1882 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 11 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 365 pages |
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