American Quarterly Review, Volume 20Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1836 - Serial publications |
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... English word Boas ( or Bose ) the sailors ' abbreviation of Boatswain , which was the name of a dog , that was a great favourite with Boki . : We add one further remark , which is suggested by the sub- ject of language . Our English ...
... English word Boas ( or Bose ) the sailors ' abbreviation of Boatswain , which was the name of a dog , that was a great favourite with Boki . : We add one further remark , which is suggested by the sub- ject of language . Our English ...
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... English writer , who brought this region under the notice of European readers , was a gentleman , whose name is well known to every mercantile and seafaring man , and to every scholar , in our country - we mean , William Marsden ...
... English writer , who brought this region under the notice of European readers , was a gentleman , whose name is well known to every mercantile and seafaring man , and to every scholar , in our country - we mean , William Marsden ...
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... English East India Company , at Bencoolen , so long ago as the year 1771. While in that employment ( about nine years ) , he began his investigations into the history of the Malay nation , the most important peo- ple of the eastern ...
... English East India Company , at Bencoolen , so long ago as the year 1771. While in that employment ( about nine years ) , he began his investigations into the history of the Malay nation , the most important peo- ple of the eastern ...
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... English writer observes , we have countries greater in extent than China and Hindostan put to- gether . Australia itself is more extensive than the Chinese empire ; Borneo , three times the size of Great Britain ; and Su- matra larger ...
... English writer observes , we have countries greater in extent than China and Hindostan put to- gether . Australia itself is more extensive than the Chinese empire ; Borneo , three times the size of Great Britain ; and Su- matra larger ...
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... English , the thought had never entered his mind ! To add to the meanness of adopting this fabrication , it appears that the letter ( which was manufactured at the islands ) was so clumsily framed that poor Boki was made to write his ...
... English , the thought had never entered his mind ! To add to the meanness of adopting this fabrication , it appears that the letter ( which was manufactured at the islands ) was so clumsily framed that poor Boki was made to write his ...
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