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... fire - we've had a long drive , The cold air exhausts one - our lads ar'nt alive- So while o'er the rest I see drowsiness creeping , I'll ponder , and tell what I think of the sleeping . " Here sleeps honest Hewett , who gloried in ...
... fire - we've had a long drive , The cold air exhausts one - our lads ar'nt alive- So while o'er the rest I see drowsiness creeping , I'll ponder , and tell what I think of the sleeping . " Here sleeps honest Hewett , who gloried in ...
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... fire . I remained some moments without speaking to her , for she was quite a picture , and all around was so snug and ladylike , and so familiar to one's old and most cherished affections , that it was happiness to look on in silence ...
... fire . I remained some moments without speaking to her , for she was quite a picture , and all around was so snug and ladylike , and so familiar to one's old and most cherished affections , that it was happiness to look on in silence ...
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... fire . The hill was very steep , and I felt ashamed of being carried , and inclined to get out and walk ; but the bearers when they had deposited me , went back for Mrs. W , the lady I have mentioned , and re- tall as I am and At three ...
... fire . The hill was very steep , and I felt ashamed of being carried , and inclined to get out and walk ; but the bearers when they had deposited me , went back for Mrs. W , the lady I have mentioned , and re- tall as I am and At three ...
Side 138
... the scene . Pushing on again , I reached the camp an hour after sunset . It was dark , but the long line of fires along the border of the lake , and the hum of many voices , bore evidence of 138 MEMOIRS , LETTERS , ETC.
... the scene . Pushing on again , I reached the camp an hour after sunset . It was dark , but the long line of fires along the border of the lake , and the hum of many voices , bore evidence of 138 MEMOIRS , LETTERS , ETC.
Side 159
... fire or the woodman's axe has been at work ; but these interruptions to the mass of forest rather add to , than detract from , the general effect . On the Singapore hand , some of the hill - sides are cultivated entirely for pine ...
... fire or the woodman's axe has been at work ; but these interruptions to the mass of forest rather add to , than detract from , the general effect . On the Singapore hand , some of the hill - sides are cultivated entirely for pine ...
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