South American Sketches: Or, A Visit to Rio Janeiro, the Organ Mountains, La Plata, and the ParanàLongman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1863 - 414 páginas |
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... brought in huge lighters to both sides of the vessel , and two gangs of darkies get them on board by walking aft with ropes , on the same principle as the man - of - war fashion of hanging a man . If they would do their spiriting gently ...
... brought in huge lighters to both sides of the vessel , and two gangs of darkies get them on board by walking aft with ropes , on the same principle as the man - of - war fashion of hanging a man . If they would do their spiriting gently ...
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... brought it out last year , instead of stopping at the Abrolhos , so that the erection might be at once proceeded with , was compelled to go all the way to Rio , discharge her cargo and reload , after paying duty on Government property ...
... brought it out last year , instead of stopping at the Abrolhos , so that the erection might be at once proceeded with , was compelled to go all the way to Rio , discharge her cargo and reload , after paying duty on Government property ...
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... brought up the rear . The narrowness and crowded state of the streets make it rather difficult for a foot passenger to keep to the pavement ; but he is constantly rewarded in his walks by finding himself emerging upon some pretty spot ...
... brought up the rear . The narrowness and crowded state of the streets make it rather difficult for a foot passenger to keep to the pavement ; but he is constantly rewarded in his walks by finding himself emerging upon some pretty spot ...
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... brought down by innumerable rivers , and covering the bed of an ancient sea , whose former presence may be inferred from the numerous beds of marine shells , and probably also from the saltness which still characterises a large ...
... brought down by innumerable rivers , and covering the bed of an ancient sea , whose former presence may be inferred from the numerous beds of marine shells , and probably also from the saltness which still characterises a large ...
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... brought out by the European mails ; and it is his own fault if every Buenos Ayrean resident is not as well up in Punch , ' ' Charivari , ' and the Times , ' as if he were in London or Paris , only five weeks after their pub- lication ...
... brought out by the European mails ; and it is his own fault if every Buenos Ayrean resident is not as well up in Punch , ' ' Charivari , ' and the Times , ' as if he were in London or Paris , only five weeks after their pub- lication ...
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