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... stand as extra- ordinary but characteristic figures on the stage of history , disowned or acknowledged by their sovereign as suited diplomatic convenience . The outlawed pirate of one year was promoted the next to be a governor and his ...
... stand as extra- ordinary but characteristic figures on the stage of history , disowned or acknowledged by their sovereign as suited diplomatic convenience . The outlawed pirate of one year was promoted the next to be a governor and his ...
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... stands up stiff and straight against it . The deck when I went on board was slippery with ice . There was the usual crowd and confusion before departure , those who were going out being undistinguishable , till the bell rang to clear ...
... stands up stiff and straight against it . The deck when I went on board was slippery with ice . There was the usual crowd and confusion before departure , those who were going out being undistinguishable , till the bell rang to clear ...
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... stand upon the water when they stoop upon any floating object . In the afternoon we passed the Azores , rising blue and fairy - like out of the ocean ; unconscious they of the bloody battles which once went on under their shadows ...
... stand upon the water when they stoop upon any floating object . In the afternoon we passed the Azores , rising blue and fairy - like out of the ocean ; unconscious they of the bloody battles which once went on under their shadows ...
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... stand like a string of jewels round the neck of the Caribbean Sea , had been most of them colonised and occupied by the French , and during the wars of the last century were the objects of a never ceasing conflict between their fleets ...
... stand like a string of jewels round the neck of the Caribbean Sea , had been most of them colonised and occupied by the French , and during the wars of the last century were the objects of a never ceasing conflict between their fleets ...
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... stand our famous orators ? What will any one of them have left behind him save the wreck of institutions which had done their work and had ceased to serve a useful purpose ? That was their business in this world , and they did it and do ...
... stand our famous orators ? What will any one of them have left behind him save the wreck of institutions which had done their work and had ceased to serve a useful purpose ? That was their business in this world , and they did it and do ...
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