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... second day's journey , and the last two hours of it were in heavy rain ; it was growing very dark when we reached the gate , and heard the welcome sound of gravel under the wheels . I could just perceive that we had entered a plantation ...
... second day's journey , and the last two hours of it were in heavy rain ; it was growing very dark when we reached the gate , and heard the welcome sound of gravel under the wheels . I could just perceive that we had entered a plantation ...
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... second - hand from a large library , so I hope to receive a good boxful . The club consists of twenty- eight members now , and will probably amount to thirty - two , which is wonderful for this district . At the close of a year from the ...
... second - hand from a large library , so I hope to receive a good boxful . The club consists of twenty- eight members now , and will probably amount to thirty - two , which is wonderful for this district . At the close of a year from the ...
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... low hills , to leeward of the storm . The second ride was much longer , and if possible a more disagreeable one . It began just in the same way ; we were again decoyed out by sunshine and XII . ] A Shepherd - artist . 79 soft.
... low hills , to leeward of the storm . The second ride was much longer , and if possible a more disagreeable one . It began just in the same way ; we were again decoyed out by sunshine and XII . ] A Shepherd - artist . 79 soft.
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... second was a very late one , and we had scarcely an hour's sleep before we were obliged to get up and start by the 6 A.M. train back to Rolleston , where we remounted our horses and rode to dear little Waireka in time for breakfast . By ...
... second was a very late one , and we had scarcely an hour's sleep before we were obliged to get up and start by the 6 A.M. train back to Rolleston , where we remounted our horses and rode to dear little Waireka in time for breakfast . By ...
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... second part of the bridge , it gave way with a loud crash ; and the poor girl , with great presence of mind , caught at the tree she had just crossed , and so saved herself from a ducking . Of course , she had plenty of help in an ...
... second part of the bridge , it gave way with a loud crash ; and the poor girl , with great presence of mind , caught at the tree she had just crossed , and so saved herself from a ducking . Of course , she had plenty of help in an ...
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