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... keep their luggage together and within sight , make such a Babel of voices and noise that one might easily imagine the world's lunatic asylum had suddenly broken loose and was rushing on board . However , at last , with the assistance ...
... keep their luggage together and within sight , make such a Babel of voices and noise that one might easily imagine the world's lunatic asylum had suddenly broken loose and was rushing on board . However , at last , with the assistance ...
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... and has no hesitation in keeping the whole table - d'hôte waiting for their pudding while he sets them right in their opinions , or gives them information on the relation between the Government and the various races of South Africa.
... and has no hesitation in keeping the whole table - d'hôte waiting for their pudding while he sets them right in their opinions , or gives them information on the relation between the Government and the various races of South Africa.
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... on commission , and either keeps a small up - country store , or hawks them about from farmstead to farmstead with a waggon and oxen . Masters and Servants . 17 been out three months . 16 Eight Months in an Ox - Waggon .
... on commission , and either keeps a small up - country store , or hawks them about from farmstead to farmstead with a waggon and oxen . Masters and Servants . 17 been out three months . 16 Eight Months in an Ox - Waggon .
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... keep out some distance to sea , and so delay us ; while we were obliged to remain below in misery and wet , as the waves constantly swept the decks , and made them unsafe . But luckily the sea went down by Monday morning , when we ...
... keep out some distance to sea , and so delay us ; while we were obliged to remain below in misery and wet , as the waves constantly swept the decks , and made them unsafe . But luckily the sea went down by Monday morning , when we ...
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... keep a sharp look - out to prevent anything being stolen , we had rather an anxious time before we saw all our goods de- posited safely at our hotel . The boys would lag behind , pretending they wanted to rest , and we were not yet ...
... keep a sharp look - out to prevent anything being stolen , we had rather an anxious time before we saw all our goods de- posited safely at our hotel . The boys would lag behind , pretending they wanted to rest , and we were not yet ...
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