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... leave the coast - line , and penetrate a few leagues into the interior , will bear witness to its truth . They who are not so adventurous , or whose position and pursuits will not enable them to go so far in search of that knowledge ...
... leave the coast - line , and penetrate a few leagues into the interior , will bear witness to its truth . They who are not so adventurous , or whose position and pursuits will not enable them to go so far in search of that knowledge ...
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... leaves , and ornamented with fruit and flowers , which , from their perfume , we recognise at once to be the lemon and the orange . This road winding to the left leads up to the house ; but let us go straight forward for the pre- sent ...
... leaves , and ornamented with fruit and flowers , which , from their perfume , we recognise at once to be the lemon and the orange . This road winding to the left leads up to the house ; but let us go straight forward for the pre- sent ...
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... leaving her daughter behind ; and on reaching the villa , found her husband confined to his bed with an attack of disease which seemed to defy all the efforts of the medical men to cure . He lingered some time in great pain , and on ...
... leaving her daughter behind ; and on reaching the villa , found her husband confined to his bed with an attack of disease which seemed to defy all the efforts of the medical men to cure . He lingered some time in great pain , and on ...
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... leave them , he says , without regret , for they recall too painfully the memory of the dear ones who used to make them doubly attractive by their presence . DESCRIPTION OF PAUL . 7 Some one is A tall 6 PAUL BLAKE'S ADVENTURES .
... leave them , he says , without regret , for they recall too painfully the memory of the dear ones who used to make them doubly attractive by their presence . DESCRIPTION OF PAUL . 7 Some one is A tall 6 PAUL BLAKE'S ADVENTURES .
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... leave of his friends . The first of these duties was very soon over . He had but to put up a few books with his clothes , for the rest of the things which were not intended to be sold , were to be packed in cases and sent on to England ...
... leave of his friends . The first of these duties was very soon over . He had but to put up a few books with his clothes , for the rest of the things which were not intended to be sold , were to be packed in cases and sent on to England ...
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