South Sea YarnsW. Blackwood and Sons, 1894 - 326 páginas |
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... asked many foolish questions of the old time and the present ; and of the courts , how Bitukau had had his hair cropped , having been taken in sin and judged ; and of how the foreigner had given him strange meats to eat that were ...
... asked many foolish questions of the old time and the present ; and of the courts , how Bitukau had had his hair cropped , having been taken in sin and judged ; and of how the foreigner had given him strange meats to eat that were ...
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... asked , from what I knew of Duru- talo , think that Janeti would be happy with him ? 1 1 This marriage afterwards took place , and , less than a year later , Janeti , too , attempted her own life . This was after her father's death ...
... asked , from what I knew of Duru- talo , think that Janeti would be happy with him ? 1 1 This marriage afterwards took place , and , less than a year later , Janeti , too , attempted her own life . This was after her father's death ...
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... asking for medicine to relieve a pain in his jaw , and from this time he was unable to leave his village . At length , one day early in July 1887 , I received a pathetic letter from him , asking me to lose no time in coming to him . " I ...
... asking for medicine to relieve a pain in his jaw , and from this time he was unable to leave his village . At length , one day early in July 1887 , I received a pathetic letter from him , asking me to lose no time in coming to him . " I ...
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... asked the interpreter im- patiently . " She is here , " returned the officer from without . There followed sounds of persuasion , amounting al- most to entreaty , such as are unusual from the mouths of minions of the law . Then when ...
... asked the interpreter im- patiently . " She is here , " returned the officer from without . There followed sounds of persuasion , amounting al- most to entreaty , such as are unusual from the mouths of minions of the law . Then when ...
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... asked to find a few young men to recruit the Civil Service of a South Sea colony , and Vere , in common with half - a - dozen others , was appointed , through the medium of a friendly chief clerk . He was kept at headquarters just long ...
... asked to find a few young men to recruit the Civil Service of a South Sea colony , and Vere , in common with half - a - dozen others , was appointed , through the medium of a friendly chief clerk . He was kept at headquarters just long ...
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