A Year in Brazil: With Notes on the Abolition of Slavery, the Finances of the Empire, Religion, Meteorology, Natural History, EtcK. Paul, Trench, 1886 - Broj stranica: 444 |
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... least thirty days from England — a bad voyage is six weeks . It has no trees , no wheat or corn ; there are only some two thousand inhabitants scattered about over different farms or holdings . The one town is named Sandy , and the only ...
... least thirty days from England — a bad voyage is six weeks . It has no trees , no wheat or corn ; there are only some two thousand inhabitants scattered about over different farms or holdings . The one town is named Sandy , and the only ...
Stranica 17
... least a sail might be hung , so as to prevent the other oxen witnessing their comrade's death , for I have seen them turn their heads to their expiring brother and tremble all over with terror . The sheep and pigs are slain in the ...
... least a sail might be hung , so as to prevent the other oxen witnessing their comrade's death , for I have seen them turn their heads to their expiring brother and tremble all over with terror . The sheep and pigs are slain in the ...
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... least , all the officers were very civil ; and at the end of some hours , when all was concluded , and a good sum paid as duty , after mutual compliments , handshaking , doffing of hats , and cigarettes , we at length departed . There ...
... least , all the officers were very civil ; and at the end of some hours , when all was concluded , and a good sum paid as duty , after mutual compliments , handshaking , doffing of hats , and cigarettes , we at length departed . There ...
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... least , have outer windows . Leaving the sitting - room , the passage leads to the dining - room , the furniture of which consists of a long table with a bench on either side ; and out of this room are three doors , leading to the ...
... least , have outer windows . Leaving the sitting - room , the passage leads to the dining - room , the furniture of which consists of a long table with a bench on either side ; and out of this room are three doors , leading to the ...
Stranica 42
... least , that we should get along quicker by it ; but oh no ! First we stopped to empty some ballast waggons , twice we pulled up owing to rocks and earth being on the line ; and at length , when three miles off Carandahy , we stopped to ...
... least , that we should get along quicker by it ; but oh no ! First we stopped to empty some ballast waggons , twice we pulled up owing to rocks and earth being on the line ; and at length , when three miles off Carandahy , we stopped to ...
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