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... looked on as an incar- nation of the old serpent , and when he failed in his last enterprise and news came that he was dead , Lope de Vega sang a hymn of triumph in an epic poem which he called / ' The Dragontea . ' When Elizabeth died ...
... looked on as an incar- nation of the old serpent , and when he failed in his last enterprise and news came that he was dead , Lope de Vega sang a hymn of triumph in an epic poem which he called / ' The Dragontea . ' When Elizabeth died ...
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... looked to me a very fortunate class of fellow - creatures . Government House , where we went to luncheon , is a large airy building shaded by heavy trees with a garden at the back of it . West Indian houses , I found afterwards , are ...
... looked to me a very fortunate class of fellow - creatures . Government House , where we went to luncheon , is a large airy building shaded by heavy trees with a garden at the back of it . West Indian houses , I found afterwards , are ...
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... looked pretty and well to do , reminding me , strange to say , of towns in Norway , the houses stretching along the shore painted in the same tints of blue or yellow or pink , with the same red - tiled roofs , the trees coming down the ...
... looked pretty and well to do , reminding me , strange to say , of towns in Norway , the houses stretching along the shore painted in the same tints of blue or yellow or pink , with the same red - tiled roofs , the trees coming down the ...
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... looked so miserable on the outside , were now lighted with paraffin lamps . I could see into them , and was astonished to observe signs of comfort and even signs of taste - arm - chairs , sofas , side- boards with cut glass upon them ...
... looked so miserable on the outside , were now lighted with paraffin lamps . I could see into them , and was astonished to observe signs of comfort and even signs of taste - arm - chairs , sofas , side- boards with cut glass upon them ...
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... . The French and Spaniards may hold on to Trinidad as a home . Our people do not make homes there , and must be looked on as a transient element . A COOLIE VILLAGE 75 CHAPTER VII . A coolie village 74 THE ENGLISH IN THE WEST INDIES.
... . The French and Spaniards may hold on to Trinidad as a home . Our people do not make homes there , and must be looked on as a transient element . A COOLIE VILLAGE 75 CHAPTER VII . A coolie village 74 THE ENGLISH IN THE WEST INDIES.
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