A Strange Career: Life and Adventures of John Gladwyn JebbW. Blackwood and sons, 1894 - 335 páginas The adventurous life of an English born man, first off to service in India, then coffee planting in Brazil, adventures on the American frontier, then in pursuit of gold in Colorado, searches for treasure in Mexico. |
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... carried this principle to extremes , as the following story will show . Among our baggage on the occasion of this jour- ney into the depths of Chiapas was a mule - load of silver some 3000 dollars of it , which we were conveying to the ...
... carried this principle to extremes , as the following story will show . Among our baggage on the occasion of this jour- ney into the depths of Chiapas was a mule - load of silver some 3000 dollars of it , which we were conveying to the ...
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... carry ; and before men could be found to assist him , they would have been secured by the robbers , who knew well where to look for them . In the rare event , however , of the supply of personal pluck proving equal to such an occa- sion ...
... carry ; and before men could be found to assist him , they would have been secured by the robbers , who knew well where to look for them . In the rare event , however , of the supply of personal pluck proving equal to such an occa- sion ...
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... carried to the station in a litter , and doubtless he looked so ill that this native bully thought him a perfectly safe victim . Accordingly he began to make unpleasant remarks about the sick officer to his subordinates , speaking in a ...
... carried to the station in a litter , and doubtless he looked so ill that this native bully thought him a perfectly safe victim . Accordingly he began to make unpleasant remarks about the sick officer to his subordinates , speaking in a ...
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... carried into court next morning , the presiding magistrate smiled visibly on being told that it was the emaciated invalid in the litter who had overnight produced the awful wreck of humanity to be seen in the witness - box . For in ...
... carried into court next morning , the presiding magistrate smiled visibly on being told that it was the emaciated invalid in the litter who had overnight produced the awful wreck of humanity to be seen in the witness - box . For in ...
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... carrying with them anything like a sufficient outfit . Consequently , exposure during the hot days , and wet cold nights , shelterless as the travellers were , soon brought on attacks of " shakes , " and put an end to their progress ...
... carrying with them anything like a sufficient outfit . Consequently , exposure during the hot days , and wet cold nights , shelterless as the travellers were , soon brought on attacks of " shakes , " and put an end to their progress ...
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A Strange Career: Life and Adventures of John Gladwyn Jebb John Beveridge Gladwyn Jebb,Henry Rider Haggard Sin vista previa disponible - 2017 |
A Strange Career: Life and Adventure of John Gladwyn Jebb Henry Rider Haggard, Sir,John Beveridge Gladwyn Jebb Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
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