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... book , and made several irregular black marks upon them with a small pointed piece of wood . Those very marks lie now before me , and I will write them here . " Pombuana , Off the middle of the island . Na halo- sharp , nice - looking ...
... book , and made several irregular black marks upon them with a small pointed piece of wood . Those very marks lie now before me , and I will write them here . " Pombuana , Off the middle of the island . Na halo- sharp , nice - looking ...
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... book , but at last decided in my favour , and crossed out some- thing in the book . Next , he stabbed himself with his forefinger , and said " Wakefield , " which I pronounced as " Waykayfeeloo , " and which it always has been in ...
... book , but at last decided in my favour , and crossed out some- thing in the book . Next , he stabbed himself with his forefinger , and said " Wakefield , " which I pronounced as " Waykayfeeloo , " and which it always has been in ...
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... into possession of my own book , a very simple catechism , translated into the Marianusa tongue by Bishop LEARNING TO WRITE . 59 Curwen , and printed by 58 PERCY POMO . Reports Progress and Records a Declara- tion of Independence,
... into possession of my own book , a very simple catechism , translated into the Marianusa tongue by Bishop LEARNING TO WRITE . 59 Curwen , and printed by 58 PERCY POMO . Reports Progress and Records a Declara- tion of Independence,
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... book ; I looked at pictures ; and the Reverend Thomas Selby , tired with work of all kinds , in school and on the farm , sat in the big arm - chair , and , as he called it , " closed his eyes in thought . " But sometimes Mrs. Selby had ...
... book ; I looked at pictures ; and the Reverend Thomas Selby , tired with work of all kinds , in school and on the farm , sat in the big arm - chair , and , as he called it , " closed his eyes in thought . " But sometimes Mrs. Selby had ...
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... Book , and carried off the cover . The only variety he had was the occasional fall of a cold lizard upon his face , or the hurry of some affrighted monster of a spider up his legs . At daybreak , when he could have slept soundly in the ...
... Book , and carried off the cover . The only variety he had was the occasional fall of a cold lizard upon his face , or the hurry of some affrighted monster of a spider up his legs . At daybreak , when he could have slept soundly in the ...
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