The Ashantee War: A Popular NarrativeH. S. King & Company, 1874 - 408 стор. |
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... customs . ' Whenever a man or woman of high station dies a certain large number of slaves are sacrificed to the fetish , the blood being poured over the burial pit . That treachery may never be wanting when this creature is.
... customs . ' Whenever a man or woman of high station dies a certain large number of slaves are sacrificed to the fetish , the blood being poured over the burial pit . That treachery may never be wanting when this creature is.
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A Popular Narrative John Frederick Maurice. That treachery may never be wanting when this creature is worshipped , the freemen are also enticed around to have the honour of holding up the corpse . Whilst thus employed one or more among ...
A Popular Narrative John Frederick Maurice. That treachery may never be wanting when this creature is worshipped , the freemen are also enticed around to have the honour of holding up the corpse . Whilst thus employed one or more among ...
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... never been in a more favourable condition ; the quarrel which his great uncle had had with us about Governor Hill's refusal to restore an escaped victim against whom the late king declined to produce any evidence , had never been satis ...
... never been in a more favourable condition ; the quarrel which his great uncle had had with us about Governor Hill's refusal to restore an escaped victim against whom the late king declined to produce any evidence , had never been satis ...
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... never do so , and I have to urge upon you the necessity for putting a stop to these practices . My time is so fully occupied that I have no leisure for frequent interviews with you , I have therefore to request an early reply to what I ...
... never do so , and I have to urge upon you the necessity for putting a stop to these practices . My time is so fully occupied that I have no leisure for frequent interviews with you , I have therefore to request an early reply to what I ...
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... never found it necessary to employ more than an insignificant part of the special forces which guard this petty corner of the vast realms which own her as Sovereign . " When you recently assailed her forts , they were held only by a ...
... never found it necessary to employ more than an insignificant part of the special forces which guard this petty corner of the vast realms which own her as Sovereign . " When you recently assailed her forts , they were held only by a ...
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