Tropical Sketches: Or, Reminiscences of an Indian Journalist, Том 1Hurst and Blackett, 1855 |
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... nature of which they are ignorant , says some cynical critic ( determined to put down this loose sys- tem of writing , these random sketches without statistics ) , they may expect to fail - no other result can be anticipated . Quite ...
... nature of which they are ignorant , says some cynical critic ( determined to put down this loose sys- tem of writing , these random sketches without statistics ) , they may expect to fail - no other result can be anticipated . Quite ...
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... natural that I should feel hungry , and I con- sequently looked for something to eat ; my inquiries on this head elicited the fact that rice and plantain - curry , * coffee and plantains , comprised the entire list of edibles in the ...
... natural that I should feel hungry , and I con- sequently looked for something to eat ; my inquiries on this head elicited the fact that rice and plantain - curry , * coffee and plantains , comprised the entire list of edibles in the ...
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... nature interesting to behold ! A few simple cooking utensils reposed here and there upon the cottage floor in the most admired confusion . A heap of cocoa - nuts enveloped in their coir - husks was piled in one of the corners , whilst ...
... nature interesting to behold ! A few simple cooking utensils reposed here and there upon the cottage floor in the most admired confusion . A heap of cocoa - nuts enveloped in their coir - husks was piled in one of the corners , whilst ...
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... nature's scenes , all the more lovely from their variety , and accompanied by the gayest of companions , what could earth give more ? Some may fancy that a scamper over a country with a fair lady by one's side to make love to , is ...
... nature's scenes , all the more lovely from their variety , and accompanied by the gayest of companions , what could earth give more ? Some may fancy that a scamper over a country with a fair lady by one's side to make love to , is ...
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... the hill which rises precipitously on his left , whilst on his right the descending rock stretches far down to the regions he has left ; the mighty pillar of that mighty temple of nature's rear- ing , 100 TROPICAL SKETCHES .
... the hill which rises precipitously on his left , whilst on his right the descending rock stretches far down to the regions he has left ; the mighty pillar of that mighty temple of nature's rear- ing , 100 TROPICAL SKETCHES .
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