Impressions of Australia Felix, During Four Years Residence in that Colony: Notes of a Voyage Round the World; Australian Poems, &cLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1845 - 362 páginas |
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... expected the boats would be upset , whence drowning might ensue , if they did not in their frenzy kill each other before . After we had been kept long in painful excitement , the pilot selecting his boat , they went off in dangerous ...
... expected the boats would be upset , whence drowning might ensue , if they did not in their frenzy kill each other before . After we had been kept long in painful excitement , the pilot selecting his boat , they went off in dangerous ...
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... expected the ship was injured irremediably , and that it and all were lost . This impression was evident on all countenances . Quick and eager was the look - out for planks and spars to save ourselves upon . Some got into the boat ...
... expected the ship was injured irremediably , and that it and all were lost . This impression was evident on all countenances . Quick and eager was the look - out for planks and spars to save ourselves upon . Some got into the boat ...
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... minute , however , the wind filling the sails from the right quarter . The gale very strong ; to land - lubbers rather fearful , Daylight very anxiously expected by all of us . A bright VAN DIEMEN'S LAND AND AUSTRALIA FELIX . 19.
... minute , however , the wind filling the sails from the right quarter . The gale very strong ; to land - lubbers rather fearful , Daylight very anxiously expected by all of us . A bright VAN DIEMEN'S LAND AND AUSTRALIA FELIX . 19.
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... expected by all of us . A bright morning - too bright - dawns on the gloomy and terrible darkness and storm : a glittering brightness as of rain . Rain , and a most luminous rainbow - gold , purple , and vermilion - spanning the wild ...
... expected by all of us . A bright morning - too bright - dawns on the gloomy and terrible darkness and storm : a glittering brightness as of rain . Rain , and a most luminous rainbow - gold , purple , and vermilion - spanning the wild ...
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... expected to smack of that kind of thing than any other . That night too , though Sunday night , water was thrown about in all directions . The Lord of Misrule was the only lord who exercised any authority . I escaped almost miraculously ...
... expected to smack of that kind of thing than any other . That night too , though Sunday night , water was thrown about in all directions . The Lord of Misrule was the only lord who exercised any authority . I escaped almost miraculously ...
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Impressions of Australia Felix, During Four Years Residence in that Colony ... Richard Howitt Visualização integral - 1845 |
Impressions of Australia Felix, During Four Years Residence in that Colony ... Richard Howitt Visualização integral - 1845 |
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