A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-warWilliam Blackwood and Sons, 1882 - 389 páginas |
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... received details from various sources , which prove that the policy referred to at p . 241 is being actively carried out . Not content with holding the Marquesas , the Paumotus , Tahiti , and the Gambier Isles , France seems resolved to ...
... received details from various sources , which prove that the policy referred to at p . 241 is being actively carried out . Not content with holding the Marquesas , the Paumotus , Tahiti , and the Gambier Isles , France seems resolved to ...
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... received the French vessel with all honour , no sooner got an inkling of the true object of its visit than they became alarmed , and returned all presents which had been made to them by the captain ; who thereupon assured them that the ...
... received the French vessel with all honour , no sooner got an inkling of the true object of its visit than they became alarmed , and returned all presents which had been made to them by the captain ; who thereupon assured them that the ...
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... received us kindly , and made me a present of a pretty Tongan basket and combs . She regretted that she could not offer to take me for a drive , her carriage having come to grief . There are all manner of vehicles here - wonderful in ...
... received us kindly , and made me a present of a pretty Tongan basket and combs . She regretted that she could not offer to take me for a drive , her carriage having come to grief . There are all manner of vehicles here - wonderful in ...
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... received with a salute of twenty - one guns - the ship dressed and yards manned , with sailors shouting " Vive la Ré- publique ! " ( an institution to which , I fancy , that most men on board are profoundly indifferent in fact several ...
... received with a salute of twenty - one guns - the ship dressed and yards manned , with sailors shouting " Vive la Ré- publique ! " ( an institution to which , I fancy , that most men on board are profoundly indifferent in fact several ...
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... the 1 A great Tongan chief , settled in Fiji , who , up to the time of annexation , contested with Thakombau for the supremacy . I have just received news of his death . dispirited young wife ; while a congenial talk with M.
... the 1 A great Tongan chief , settled in Fiji , who , up to the time of annexation , contested with Thakombau for the supremacy . I have just received news of his death . dispirited young wife ; while a congenial talk with M.
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