Distant Homes; Or, The Graham Family in New ZealandGriffith and Farran, (Successors to Newbery and Harris,) corner of St. Paul's Churchyard, 1862 - Canterbury (N.Z.) - 231 pages "A Swiss-Family-Robinson-like account of immigrant life in New Zealand based on letters written by Rev. W.J. Aylmer of Akaroa to England and worked up by the wife of Rev. Aylmer's cousin"--Bagnall. |
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... whole family proceeded to the little grave and knelt round it , while Captain Graham offered up a prayer that God would grant their re - union in his Heavenly Kingdom . This sad duty over , Mrs. Graham became more reconciled to the ...
... whole family proceeded to the little grave and knelt round it , while Captain Graham offered up a prayer that God would grant their re - union in his Heavenly Kingdom . This sad duty over , Mrs. Graham became more reconciled to the ...
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... whole family on board the ship that was to carry them to their new one . George kept by his mother's side until the last moment ; when he was obliged to say good - bye , his sisters , crying bitterly , hung round his neck , while Tom ...
... whole family on board the ship that was to carry them to their new one . George kept by his mother's side until the last moment ; when he was obliged to say good - bye , his sisters , crying bitterly , hung round his neck , while Tom ...
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... whole , very much disappointed with his trip ; and told Lucy , the gold - field was only a dull dirty - looking plain , covered with holes , and wooden huts ; the diggers themselves , all looking very wretched , and making a dreadful ...
... whole , very much disappointed with his trip ; and told Lucy , the gold - field was only a dull dirty - looking plain , covered with holes , and wooden huts ; the diggers themselves , all looking very wretched , and making a dreadful ...
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... whole province of Nelson ; while there are about twelve thousand Europeans , a great number , when one remembers , that little more than twenty years have passed since the colony was founded . When the ship , in which the leader or ...
... whole province of Nelson ; while there are about twelve thousand Europeans , a great number , when one remembers , that little more than twenty years have passed since the colony was founded . When the ship , in which the leader or ...
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... whole day , you scarcely hear a single chirrup . While I am writing of birds , I may as well tell you of a very extraordinary one , that once existed ; but of which , we can only judge , by the bones discovered in some of the old Pahs ...
... whole day , you scarcely hear a single chirrup . While I am writing of birds , I may as well tell you of a very extraordinary one , that once existed ; but of which , we can only judge , by the bones discovered in some of the old Pahs ...
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