South American Sketches: Or, A Visit to Rio Janeiro, the Organ Mountains, La Plata, and the Paranà |
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... ready to carry you up the hill ; but the Englishman gallantly takes the steep zigzags on foot , and soon arrives on the high plateau , where there is almost always a balmy breeze to refresh him after the close heat of the town . On ...
... ready to carry you up the hill ; but the Englishman gallantly takes the steep zigzags on foot , and soon arrives on the high plateau , where there is almost always a balmy breeze to refresh him after the close heat of the town . On ...
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... ready for a start . His barge was alongside , rigged with two tall white lattern sails , and manned by a dozen splendid blue- jackets : the sweet sea - breeze was just beginning to ripple the water , and my heart bounded with delight as ...
... ready for a start . His barge was alongside , rigged with two tall white lattern sails , and manned by a dozen splendid blue- jackets : the sweet sea - breeze was just beginning to ripple the water , and my heart bounded with delight as ...
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... ready , and threw it down a well in the neighbourhood . They had laid their plans so that detection seemed impossible ; but by an extraordinary chance there was a witness to the crime , who denounced them . Great efforts were made by ...
... ready , and threw it down a well in the neighbourhood . They had laid their plans so that detection seemed impossible ; but by an extraordinary chance there was a witness to the crime , who denounced them . Great efforts were made by ...
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... ready to sacri- fice their human friends when tempted by motives of ambition or cupidity ; but the ombù is better off . He is a friend whose life and prosperity are infinitely more useful than any possible results of his downfall or ...
... ready to sacri- fice their human friends when tempted by motives of ambition or cupidity ; but the ombù is better off . He is a friend whose life and prosperity are infinitely more useful than any possible results of his downfall or ...
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... ready to give up his soul to the possession of the galloping ghost of Mazeppa . Half - stifled with dust , we went on our way to the saladeros , where we were to see the completion of bovine destiny , and arrived there about a quarter ...
... ready to give up his soul to the possession of the galloping ghost of Mazeppa . Half - stifled with dust , we went on our way to the saladeros , where we were to see the completion of bovine destiny , and arrived there about a quarter ...
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