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Page 126
... add , immedi- ately , " All the Indians here are much blacker than those in the East , and with flatter noses and less ... adds , devastatingly , " The town looks more South American or Spanish than even the others we have seen . It is a ...
... add , immedi- ately , " All the Indians here are much blacker than those in the East , and with flatter noses and less ... adds , devastatingly , " The town looks more South American or Spanish than even the others we have seen . It is a ...
Page 152
... adds perfunctorily , that " the lost sailor found it [ the " pretty boat , " that is ] , and was saved ; or that the steamer took him , for we could not be wallowing thus in the trough of the sea , so turned again sadly and headed for ...
... adds perfunctorily , that " the lost sailor found it [ the " pretty boat , " that is ] , and was saved ; or that the steamer took him , for we could not be wallowing thus in the trough of the sea , so turned again sadly and headed for ...
Page 156
... adds , not , I think , at all humorously , that " they are inventing things to prolong life . " And then she adds , yet again , the predictable sour touch : " Somebody I have always supposed to put faith in says the tail of Halley's ...
... adds , not , I think , at all humorously , that " they are inventing things to prolong life . " And then she adds , yet again , the predictable sour touch : " Somebody I have always supposed to put faith in says the tail of Halley's ...
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A Land Without Castles: The Changing Image of America in Europe, 1780-1830 Thomas K. Murphy No preview available - 2001 |