Percy Pomo, Or, the Autobiography of a South Sea Islander |
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... 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 to rise from the ...
... 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 to rise from the ...
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... picture . : Under the giant arms of the cathedral - like trees at the mouth of the passage between Matambala and Uri , we could see the little shed where Talana and I had embarked on our way to Rota , about Aluni , long ago ; and thence ...
... picture . : Under the giant arms of the cathedral - like trees at the mouth of the passage between Matambala and Uri , we could see the little shed where Talana and I had embarked on our way to Rota , about Aluni , long ago ; and thence ...
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... Pictures helped the aged scholar to gain a general knowledge of God's dealings with man under the Old Testament , and of the Life and Miracles of Christ . never tired of hearing how David was hunted by Saul , and said he would try and ...
... Pictures helped the aged scholar to gain a general knowledge of God's dealings with man under the Old Testament , and of the Life and Miracles of Christ . never tired of hearing how David was hunted by Saul , and said he would try and ...
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... picture of my condition— my miserable , shameful , mocked condition - rose before me . And the possibility of their happiness ! " What can we do ? But come home , and let us talk it over there , " said kind Diara . " Lead . " And so we ...
... picture of my condition— my miserable , shameful , mocked condition - rose before me . And the possibility of their happiness ! " What can we do ? But come home , and let us talk it over there , " said kind Diara . " Lead . " And so we ...
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... picture his distant home , and found that I had fashioned it after that home in Happy Island of which these peaceful even- ing occupations reminded me . Charley's voice was not unlike Mr. Selby's , I thought , and in his good mother's ...
... picture his distant home , and found that I had fashioned it after that home in Happy Island of which these peaceful even- ing occupations reminded me . Charley's voice was not unlike Mr. Selby's , I thought , and in his good mother's ...
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Aluni Ambupono answer Arthur ashore asked Aurora Bang BARBARA HUTTON beach Bishop Carter Bishop Curwen boat Bokona Book brother called canoes Captain CHAPTER Chief cloth elegant coloured Cookee cried Darken dead dear death Diara Doctor Dolo eyes face father Fcap felt G. A. HENTY Galaga gilt edges gone Haharo hand Happy Island HARRISON WEIR head heard heart Illustrations kind Kiukilu knew laugh live looked Malagai and Toroa Marianusa Matambala Matanga morning never Nicholson night Noni Nouméa once Paita Pannier Pélua Percy Wakefield Percy's Pombuana Pomer Pomo poor Roé Rogani Rota round sail Salatambu Selby Shillings smile soon spear Stories Surakana Talana Tambu Tanasémbé Taorémbé tears tell thing thought Tila told took Tulu turned vaka Valé vessel village Waykayfeeloo wonder words young
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Page 292 - Seven Birthdays (The), or THE CHILDREN OF FORTUNE. By KATHLEEN KNOX. Starlight Stories, TOLD TO BRIGHT EYES AND LISTENING EARS. By FANNY LABLACHE. Stories of Edward AND HIS LITTLE FRIENDS. Tales of Magic and Meaning. Written and Illustrated by ALFRED CROWQUILL.
Page 296 - Sunny Days, OR A MONTH AT THE GREAT STOWE. The New Baby. Jack Frost and Betty Snow ; -with other Tales for Wintry Nights and Rainy Days.
Page 288 - Hurricane Hurry, or THE ADVENTURES OF A NAVAL OFFICER DURING THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE.
Page 291 - Modern British Plutarch (The), or LIVES OF MEN DISTINGUISHED IN THE RECENT HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY FOR THEIR TALENTS, VIRTUES, AND ACHIEVEMENTS. By WC TAYLOR, LL.D.
Page 297 - Seventh Thousand. Talking Bird (The), or THE LITTLE GIRL WHO KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. By M. and E. KIRBY. Ten of Them, or THE CHILDREN OF DANEHURST. By Mrs. BM BRAY. "Those Unlucky Twins ! " By A. LYSTER. Tiny Stories for Tiny Headers in Tiny Words. Tittle Tattle ; and other Stories for Children. By the Author of " Little Tales for Tiny Tots,
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Page 292 - The work of a man who is sure to put some touch of a peculiar genius into whatever he does."— Pall Mall Gazette.
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