Hochelaga: Or, England in the New World, Том 1Colburn and Company, 1851 |
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... carried about by the condemned spirits of this floating purgatory . There was evidently a great number of passengers on board , of all sorts and conditions of men and women . Perched on a pile of baggage , were a number of soldiers ...
... carried about by the condemned spirits of this floating purgatory . There was evidently a great number of passengers on board , of all sorts and conditions of men and women . Perched on a pile of baggage , were a number of soldiers ...
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... carried away the early mist in the direction we had to travel . The main cabin was in the same damp uncom- fortable state as our sleeping apartments ; in the corners , boxes and baskets containing our sea stock were heaped up in such ...
... carried away the early mist in the direction we had to travel . The main cabin was in the same damp uncom- fortable state as our sleeping apartments ; in the corners , boxes and baskets containing our sea stock were heaped up in such ...
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... carried away living vouchers for their attractions . We could scarce have left Newfoundland without having seen a specimen of the codfishing . One of our acquaintances kindly offered to drive us for the purpose to Portugal Cove , a ...
... carried away living vouchers for their attractions . We could scarce have left Newfoundland without having seen a specimen of the codfishing . One of our acquaintances kindly offered to drive us for the purpose to Portugal Cove , a ...
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... carried on a war of extermination against each other for cen- turies ; each landing , with destructive swoop , on the other's coasts , scalping the men and carrying the women into slavery . The Esquimaux warriors were more frequently ...
... carried on a war of extermination against each other for cen- turies ; each landing , with destructive swoop , on the other's coasts , scalping the men and carrying the women into slavery . The Esquimaux warriors were more frequently ...
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... carrying off one of the kings with them , to the great grief of his subjects ; he became contented with his lot , but soon after died . This was the first wrong the doomed race suffered from the white men . Four years afterwards , the ...
... carrying off one of the kings with them , to the great grief of his subjects ; he became contented with his lot , but soon after died . This was the first wrong the doomed race suffered from the white men . Four years afterwards , the ...
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