Four Years' Residence in the West Indies |
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... person who has even produced a general history of the whole in a chronological orders : - I therefore hope that my endeavours to remedy this deficiency will be found successful , although , from various causes , the attempt is not so ...
... person who has even produced a general history of the whole in a chronological orders : - I therefore hope that my endeavours to remedy this deficiency will be found successful , although , from various causes , the attempt is not so ...
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... persons on board , ladies excepted , who had not before crossed the tropic he moreover added , that the process of shaving would be carried on with an iron hoop , of superior strength , and sharply edged ; and that a mixture would be ...
... persons on board , ladies excepted , who had not before crossed the tropic he moreover added , that the process of shaving would be carried on with an iron hoop , of superior strength , and sharply edged ; and that a mixture would be ...
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... persons on board , ladies excepted , who had not before crossed the tropic : he moreover added , that the process of shaving would be carried on with an iron hoop , of superior strength , and sharply edged ; and that a mixture would be ...
... persons on board , ladies excepted , who had not before crossed the tropic : he moreover added , that the process of shaving would be carried on with an iron hoop , of superior strength , and sharply edged ; and that a mixture would be ...
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... were strangers , addressed the captain , and offered to take us to an hotel . We accepted the offer , for we had no other resource . I , indeed , had letters of introduction to the principal persons 26 FOUR YEARS ' RESIDENCE.
... were strangers , addressed the captain , and offered to take us to an hotel . We accepted the offer , for we had no other resource . I , indeed , had letters of introduction to the principal persons 26 FOUR YEARS ' RESIDENCE.
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... persons have not the entire monopoly of the articles which they sell , because the merchants , whose stores con- tain salt - fish , hams , cheeses , and tongues , also dispose of ironmongery , clothes , and shoes . I think this ...
... persons have not the entire monopoly of the articles which they sell , because the merchants , whose stores con- tain salt - fish , hams , cheeses , and tongues , also dispose of ironmongery , clothes , and shoes . I think this ...
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