Blackwood's Magazine, Том 219W. Blackwood, 1926 |
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... present should of the girl and negotiations opened . He was prepared to go as high as six cows and a rifle for a suitable damsel . 66 Musa , the Minister , was de- lighted at the success of his suggestion . He assured his master that ...
... present should of the girl and negotiations opened . He was prepared to go as high as six cows and a rifle for a suitable damsel . 66 Musa , the Minister , was de- lighted at the success of his suggestion . He assured his master that ...
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... present régime , these people found their only refuge in the mountain fastnesses . Descent to the plain was followed all too often by capture and enslavement , and hence , through the years , they grew to be a series of scattered and ...
... present régime , these people found their only refuge in the mountain fastnesses . Descent to the plain was followed all too often by capture and enslavement , and hence , through the years , they grew to be a series of scattered and ...
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... present . Chippenah hasn't done badly out of us on the whole . It isn't every one that gets a mention in despatches and a medal for fighting against himself . The 2nd class Robe of Honour must wait until things blow over a bit . " It IN ...
... present . Chippenah hasn't done badly out of us on the whole . It isn't every one that gets a mention in despatches and a medal for fighting against himself . The 2nd class Robe of Honour must wait until things blow over a bit . " It IN ...
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... present day , the Sea Service was still living in the eighteenth cen- tury . Ships were still stoutly built of wood and rigged with masts and sails . A ship was still a little self - contained world of its own , equipped to carry on all ...
... present day , the Sea Service was still living in the eighteenth cen- tury . Ships were still stoutly built of wood and rigged with masts and sails . A ship was still a little self - contained world of its own , equipped to carry on all ...
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... present , and Burchell was so taken with his powers of ex- position that from that time onward he sent him briefs . In 1861 my father applied for silk . It was refused by Lord Westbury , and it was not till 1865 that he became a Queen's ...
... present , and Burchell was so taken with his powers of ex- position that from that time onward he sent him briefs . In 1861 my father applied for silk . It was refused by Lord Westbury , and it was not till 1865 that he became a Queen's ...
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