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... English seaman bearing up Channel : - 66 Vell , captain , " said he , " so you have had a fine passage : I hope de ladies below are vell ; if you " hab no jection I vill drink deir health . " Accord- ingly he had a glass of grog given ...
... English seaman bearing up Channel : - 66 Vell , captain , " said he , " so you have had a fine passage : I hope de ladies below are vell ; if you " hab no jection I vill drink deir health . " Accord- ingly he had a glass of grog given ...
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... English shops ) , where articles of almost every description may be bought . I think , in this instance , I may compare them to our chandlers ' shops , only they are on a much larger scale , and have no show in the windows ; they also ...
... English shops ) , where articles of almost every description may be bought . I think , in this instance , I may compare them to our chandlers ' shops , only they are on a much larger scale , and have no show in the windows ; they also ...
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... English shops ) , where articles of almost every description may be bought . I think , in this instance , I may compare them to our chandlers ' shops , only they are on a much larger scale , and have no show in the windows ; they also ...
... English shops ) , where articles of almost every description may be bought . I think , in this instance , I may compare them to our chandlers ' shops , only they are on a much larger scale , and have no show in the windows ; they also ...
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... English shops ) , where articles of almost every description may be bought . I think , in this instance , I may compare them to our chandlers ' shops , only they are on a much larger scale , and have no show in the windows ; they also ...
... English shops ) , where articles of almost every description may be bought . I think , in this instance , I may compare them to our chandlers ' shops , only they are on a much larger scale , and have no show in the windows ; they also ...
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... English ; and a still greater one , that so little intercourse should subsist between the British and French inhabitants . Every effort should be made to find a gradual remedy for this important evil . Something should be done to give ...
... English ; and a still greater one , that so little intercourse should subsist between the British and French inhabitants . Every effort should be made to find a gradual remedy for this important evil . Something should be done to give ...
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