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... , as it had been arranged that in three or four years , if all went well , she should bring her daughters over to Eng- land to finish their education . Wishing for a Storm . 21 Very lovely was that 20 Out on the Pampas .
... , as it had been arranged that in three or four years , if all went well , she should bring her daughters over to Eng- land to finish their education . Wishing for a Storm . 21 Very lovely was that 20 Out on the Pampas .
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... bring the little girls , who had not suffered so severely as their brothers , upon deck . Two more days of fine weather quite recruited all the party ; and great was their enjoyment as the Barbadoes entered the Tagus , and , steaming ...
... bring the little girls , who had not suffered so severely as their brothers , upon deck . Two more days of fine weather quite recruited all the party ; and great was their enjoyment as the Barbadoes entered the Tagus , and , steaming ...
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... bring English saddles from home . After an absence of a month , Mr. Hardy re- turned with the welcome news that he had made his choice , and had bought at the public auction a tract of four square leagues , upon a river some twenty ...
... bring English saddles from home . After an absence of a month , Mr. Hardy re- turned with the welcome news that he had made his choice , and had bought at the public auction a tract of four square leagues , upon a river some twenty ...
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... bring down their man at three hundred yards , and I should do considerable exe- cution among a body of Indians at six or seven ; so I have no fear - not the least - in the world . ' In another two days Mr. Hardy and the boys , accom ...
... bring down their man at three hundred yards , and I should do considerable exe- cution among a body of Indians at six or seven ; so I have no fear - not the least - in the world . ' In another two days Mr. Hardy and the boys , accom ...
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... bring back a bag of wild fowl for the larder . Quite a pack of dogs accompanied them , the two mastiffs , the setters , and four dogs , two of which belonged to Lopez , and the others to Hans and Seth : these last , seeing that their ...
... bring back a bag of wild fowl for the larder . Quite a pack of dogs accompanied them , the two mastiffs , the setters , and four dogs , two of which belonged to Lopez , and the others to Hans and Seth : these last , seeing that their ...
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