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Page 107
... cloth cap , with the leather peak and white edging , which was a souvenir of Dr. Staines's establishment . Two more had possessed themselves , each of one of his shoes , which he had laid aside when he went to sleep ; and were turning ...
... cloth cap , with the leather peak and white edging , which was a souvenir of Dr. Staines's establishment . Two more had possessed themselves , each of one of his shoes , which he had laid aside when he went to sleep ; and were turning ...
Page 171
... clothes of the prisoners , which might be regarded as already their own , and which they must be fools indeed to give up . His speech was well calculated to work on the pride and the avarice of Umboo , as well as on the fears of the ...
... clothes of the prisoners , which might be regarded as already their own , and which they must be fools indeed to give up . His speech was well calculated to work on the pride and the avarice of Umboo , as well as on the fears of the ...
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... clothes , our knapsacks , our belts , and everything that could be devoured by them , would be gnawed to pieces ! " " Ants , doctor ! You are joking , surely . What - that hut there , or whatever it is , is a good twenty feet high , and ...
... clothes , our knapsacks , our belts , and everything that could be devoured by them , would be gnawed to pieces ! " " Ants , doctor ! You are joking , surely . What - that hut there , or whatever it is , is a good twenty feet high , and ...
Page 184
... clothes eaten off one's back , certainly . We had better start , hadn't we , or it will be late ? " " Stop a moment , " said Lavie , who had been carefully noting one particular ant - hill for some minutes . " Aye , I thought so , ” he ...
... clothes eaten off one's back , certainly . We had better start , hadn't we , or it will be late ? " " Stop a moment , " said Lavie , who had been carefully noting one particular ant - hill for some minutes . " Aye , I thought so , ” he ...
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... clothing , and the stalwart muscular frames and well - formed features of many among them , might have served a sculptor as models of the Lybian Hercules . The women were not equal , either in symmetry of form or regularity of feature ...
... clothing , and the stalwart muscular frames and well - formed features of many among them , might have served a sculptor as models of the Lybian Hercules . The women were not equal , either in symmetry of form or regularity of feature ...
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Hair-Breadth Escapes: The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa H. C. Adams No preview available - 2022 |
Hair-Breadth Escapes: Or the Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa (1877) Henry Cadwallader Adams No preview available - 2008 |
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