British Guiana: The Land of Six PeoplesH.M. Stationery Office, 1957 - Broj stranica: 235 |
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... town , was built by the Americans during the last war , on land leased by them , as an air - base on the route to North Africa . In 1949 they re - leased the land for ninety - nine years ; the Govern- ment now maintains the field as a ...
... town , was built by the Americans during the last war , on land leased by them , as an air - base on the route to North Africa . In 1949 they re - leased the land for ninety - nine years ; the Govern- ment now maintains the field as a ...
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... town , dominated by the factory ; the road was full of people , walking or on bicycles , all more smartly dressed than the bedraggled peasants of the outlying districts . The car slowed down to negotiate a pot - hole and a young African ...
... town , dominated by the factory ; the road was full of people , walking or on bicycles , all more smartly dressed than the bedraggled peasants of the outlying districts . The car slowed down to negotiate a pot - hole and a young African ...
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... town to my hotel on Main Street . Here it was another world . The residents of the hotel sat quietly on the great verandah , some drinking together at little tables , others crumpling their white suits as they lay in Berbice1 chairs ...
... town to my hotel on Main Street . Here it was another world . The residents of the hotel sat quietly on the great verandah , some drinking together at little tables , others crumpling their white suits as they lay in Berbice1 chairs ...
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... town wid news me village fo ' d ' lord Savage , but d ' sojer at de gates him gi'e me no . ' I asked him if I could give the Governor the news , and he looked at me pierc- ingly and said , ' ' Is yo ' den a lord , sa ' ? ' I told him I ...
... town wid news me village fo ' d ' lord Savage , but d ' sojer at de gates him gi'e me no . ' I asked him if I could give the Governor the news , and he looked at me pierc- ingly and said , ' ' Is yo ' den a lord , sa ' ? ' I told him I ...
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... town - bred birds . Less obtrusive is the little house- wren or ' God - bird ' as the local people call it , which hops onto window - sills , trilling cheerfully and without fear . Sometimes the owner of a jacket which has been hanging ...
... town - bred birds . Less obtrusive is the little house- wren or ' God - bird ' as the local people call it , which hops onto window - sills , trilling cheerfully and without fear . Sometimes the owner of a jacket which has been hanging ...
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