A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-warWilliam Blackwood and Sons, 1882 - 389 páginas |
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... things of the past , At Home in Fiji ' is a very interesting and readable work . " - Saturday Review . " Miss Gordon Cumming has an intense appreciation of the beauties of nature , combined with a sympathetic interest in humanity . Her ...
... things of the past , At Home in Fiji ' is a very interesting and readable work . " - Saturday Review . " Miss Gordon Cumming has an intense appreciation of the beauties of nature , combined with a sympathetic interest in humanity . Her ...
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... things I have collected during the last two years . I have just finished a series of about sixty studies of Fijian pottery , representing a hun- dred and fifty pieces , all different , and made without any wheel , by the wives of the ...
... things I have collected during the last two years . I have just finished a series of about sixty studies of Fijian pottery , representing a hun- dred and fifty pieces , all different , and made without any wheel , by the wives of the ...
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... thing again , and again , and again , in the stifling heat of a tropical sun ! Would that our prison disciplinarians might borrow a hint of wisdom from this once savage Tongan king ! Following the pleasant path , beneath the shadow of ...
... thing again , and again , and again , in the stifling heat of a tropical sun ! Would that our prison disciplinarians might borrow a hint of wisdom from this once savage Tongan king ! Following the pleasant path , beneath the shadow of ...
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... things besides , forcibly recalled the last gorgeous ritualistic services I had witnessed in many Buddhist temples in Ceylon , and on the borders of Thibet . Such impressions tend to wandering thoughts , and mine , I fear , are apt to ...
... things besides , forcibly recalled the last gorgeous ritualistic services I had witnessed in many Buddhist temples in Ceylon , and on the borders of Thibet . Such impressions tend to wandering thoughts , and mine , I fear , are apt to ...
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... thing only is certain , that these grey stones were brought here by some long - forgotten race , who little dreamt , when they raised this ponderous monument , that a day would come when it should survive as the sole proof that they ...
... thing only is certain , that these grey stones were brought here by some long - forgotten race , who little dreamt , when they raised this ponderous monument , that a day would come when it should survive as the sole proof that they ...
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A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volumen1 Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming Vista completa - 1882 |
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