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... taken by the insolent foe , And sold to slavery ; of my redemption thence , And with it all my travel's history , " etc. SHAKSPEARE , Othello . WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS . F GE તાઇ LONDON : GRIFFITH AND FARRAN , ( SUCCESSORS TO ...
... taken by the insolent foe , And sold to slavery ; of my redemption thence , And with it all my travel's history , " etc. SHAKSPEARE , Othello . WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS . F GE તાઇ LONDON : GRIFFITH AND FARRAN , ( SUCCESSORS TO ...
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... taken Mrs. Staines's large umbrella , and had waited for us , from breakfast time , round the corner , under the confident assurance that we should go to look for him . Sir , it has been his amusement to follow us about all day ...
... taken Mrs. Staines's large umbrella , and had waited for us , from breakfast time , round the corner , under the confident assurance that we should go to look for him . Sir , it has been his amusement to follow us about all day ...
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... taken of it on one or two occasions , to evade an unwelcome summons from the skipper , or smoke a pipe at interdicted hours . To be sure it was not a very desirable retiring room , and most persons would have considered a Russian or ...
... taken of it on one or two occasions , to evade an unwelcome summons from the skipper , or smoke a pipe at interdicted hours . To be sure it was not a very desirable retiring room , and most persons would have considered a Russian or ...
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... taken dangerously ill , and the doctor has been with him ever since he left us . " " What have you learned , then ? " asked Frank . " Are we in the harbour ? ” " We're in the harbour , and the skipper's gone ashore . I saw his boat half ...
... taken dangerously ill , and the doctor has been with him ever since he left us . " " What have you learned , then ? " asked Frank . " Are we in the harbour ? ” " We're in the harbour , and the skipper's gone ashore . I saw his boat half ...
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... taken , on board , or she would have become wholly unmanageable . Frank and his friends , in their place of retreat , could hear the shouts and cries on deck , the rolling of the barrels which had broken loose from their fastenings ...
... taken , on board , or she would have become wholly unmanageable . Frank and his friends , in their place of retreat , could hear the shouts and cries on deck , the rolling of the barrels which had broken loose from their fastenings ...
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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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