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... never seen anything at all like Melbourne . In other countries , it is generally the antiquity of the cities , and their historical reminiscences , which appeal to the imagi- nation ; but here , the interest is as great from exactly the ...
... never seen anything at all like Melbourne . In other countries , it is generally the antiquity of the cities , and their historical reminiscences , which appeal to the imagi- nation ; but here , the interest is as great from exactly the ...
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... never heard : early in the morning seemed the favourite time for this discordant mirth . Their owner also possessed a cockatoo with a great musical reputation , but I never heard it get beyond the first bar of " Come into the garden ...
... never heard : early in the morning seemed the favourite time for this discordant mirth . Their owner also possessed a cockatoo with a great musical reputation , but I never heard it get beyond the first bar of " Come into the garden ...
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... never flinched ; at the steepest pinch the gentlemen were requested to get out and walk , which they did , and at length we reached the top . It was worth all the bad road to look down 20 A nautical " dead heat . " [ LETTER C 2.
... never flinched ; at the steepest pinch the gentlemen were requested to get out and walk , which they did , and at length we reached the top . It was worth all the bad road to look down 20 A nautical " dead heat . " [ LETTER C 2.
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... never having sighted each other once . As soon as we reached the top of the hill the driver looked to the harness of his horses , put on a very powerful double break , and we began the descent , which , I must say , I thought we took ...
... never having sighted each other once . As soon as we reached the top of the hill the driver looked to the harness of his horses , put on a very powerful double break , and we began the descent , which , I must say , I thought we took ...
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... never- ending source of delight , and there were all the animals to make friends with , " mobs " of horses to look at , rabbits , poultry , and pets of all sorts . About a week after our arrival , some more gentlemen came , and then we ...
... never- ending source of delight , and there were all the animals to make friends with , " mobs " of horses to look at , rabbits , poultry , and pets of all sorts . About a week after our arrival , some more gentlemen came , and then we ...
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