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... gave way to envy , and a wish to see for myself some of the strange sights , to lead the same free , wild , half - civilized life , and experience the ex- citements and vicissitudes of fortune which they spoke of with such enthusiasm ...
... gave way to envy , and a wish to see for myself some of the strange sights , to lead the same free , wild , half - civilized life , and experience the ex- citements and vicissitudes of fortune which they spoke of with such enthusiasm ...
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... gave me renewed strength and vigour . When I left the Cape , I was with difficulty able to walk a mile , and looked a miserable invalid , utterly unfitted for exertion of any kind . Within six months of that time , after a stay of ...
... gave me renewed strength and vigour . When I left the Cape , I was with difficulty able to walk a mile , and looked a miserable invalid , utterly unfitted for exertion of any kind . Within six months of that time , after a stay of ...
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... gave us all the more time to gather informa- tion from many different sources which might be of use . By this means also we were saved from buying many articles which would have been utterly superfluous and useless , but which our ...
... gave us all the more time to gather informa- tion from many different sources which might be of use . By this means also we were saved from buying many articles which would have been utterly superfluous and useless , but which our ...
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... gave it up as a bad job ; and I am inclined to think the ice only existed on the advertisement sheets . Eggs , milk , and fish are almost as conspicuous as the ice by their absence in any form from a bill of fare . Eggs were being sold ...
... gave it up as a bad job ; and I am inclined to think the ice only existed on the advertisement sheets . Eggs , milk , and fish are almost as conspicuous as the ice by their absence in any form from a bill of fare . Eggs were being sold ...
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... gave up the entire management of the boys and waggon to F. , as our inexperience would have led us into end- less blunders , sometimes not easily rectified . A Fellow - Traveller . 47 CHAPTER VII . Howick 46 Eight Months in an Ox - Waggon.`
... gave up the entire management of the boys and waggon to F. , as our inexperience would have led us into end- less blunders , sometimes not easily rectified . A Fellow - Traveller . 47 CHAPTER VII . Howick 46 Eight Months in an Ox - Waggon.`
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