Diversions of a Prime MinisterBlackwood, 1894 - 407 páginas |
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... give no definite reply , hinting that if he were a party to the return of the exiles from Fiji he would be himself giving an opportunity for another attempt upon his life ; but when further pressed , he affected to pity the High ...
... give no definite reply , hinting that if he were a party to the return of the exiles from Fiji he would be himself giving an opportunity for another attempt upon his life ; but when further pressed , he affected to pity the High ...
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... how were the liabilities to be paid off ? Besides , I was to go there without any authority at my back but that which the king might choose to give me , and if I MY INSTRUCTIONS . 27 failed , I alone must take HOW I TOOK OFFICE.
... how were the liabilities to be paid off ? Besides , I was to go there without any authority at my back but that which the king might choose to give me , and if I MY INSTRUCTIONS . 27 failed , I alone must take HOW I TOOK OFFICE.
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... gives the appearance of far greater facility than I was likely to acquire in the limited time at my disposal . Before I left Tonga the necessity for using the language in public , and for drafting the new code of law , had given me ...
... gives the appearance of far greater facility than I was likely to acquire in the limited time at my disposal . Before I left Tonga the necessity for using the language in public , and for drafting the new code of law , had given me ...
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... kindly expression and burly figure give him the appear- ance of a gentleman farmer when times were good . He is , moreover , almost the only Tongan who , in dress clothes , looks like a gentleman . We had been good friends.
... kindly expression and burly figure give him the appear- ance of a gentleman farmer when times were good . He is , moreover , almost the only Tongan who , in dress clothes , looks like a gentleman . We had been good friends.
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... matabule intervening . The Tongans give a rather crude piece of folk - lore to account for this custom , the opposite of that observed in Fiji , where the chief always drinks first . They say that there was a time , many years ago , when.
... matabule intervening . The Tongans give a rather crude piece of folk - lore to account for this custom , the opposite of that observed in Fiji , where the chief always drinks first . They say that there was a time , many years ago , when.
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