Recollections of Four Years in VenezuelaH.S. King & Company, 1876 - 303 pagini |
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... travelled through a great part of Central Asia , and honestly tried to accomplish his task . His work , we have said , is an able résumé of genuine observation and reflection , which will well repay a reader's attention . " -- Times ...
... travelled through a great part of Central Asia , and honestly tried to accomplish his task . His work , we have said , is an able résumé of genuine observation and reflection , which will well repay a reader's attention . " -- Times ...
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... travelled beyond the streets of a town , and whose previous occupa- tions unfitted them for the exposure , fatigues , and self - denial required for a successful issue to the project . I joined a company , and had prepared every- thing ...
... travelled beyond the streets of a town , and whose previous occupa- tions unfitted them for the exposure , fatigues , and self - denial required for a successful issue to the project . I joined a company , and had prepared every- thing ...
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... short to the knees , and their travelling zapatos , or laced boots , each made of one entire piece of leather , leaving an A Country House . 15 opening before the toes for 14 Recollections of Four Years in Venezuela .
... short to the knees , and their travelling zapatos , or laced boots , each made of one entire piece of leather , leaving an A Country House . 15 opening before the toes for 14 Recollections of Four Years in Venezuela .
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... less ; mostly alone . " Your experience must be worth the hearing . " " Not at all ; only the common one of travellers , exposure , privation , fatigue . " " You must have seen no end of snakes and tigers . " " Eh , well , " he said , "
... less ; mostly alone . " Your experience must be worth the hearing . " " Not at all ; only the common one of travellers , exposure , privation , fatigue . " " You must have seen no end of snakes and tigers . " " Eh , well , " he said , "
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... travelling companion of Juan Pinado , at one time reputed the most daring and dangerous of smugglers , and professionally a fisherman . He was now a respectable " resguardo , " revenue offi- cer , and his chief work was to await about ...
... travelling companion of Juan Pinado , at one time reputed the most daring and dangerous of smugglers , and professionally a fisherman . He was now a respectable " resguardo , " revenue offi- cer , and his chief work was to await about ...
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