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... gives promise of a rich har- vest . Mr. Howitt has here done the public good service by preserving a memorial of such peculiar ways of life , that are fast receding from daily use , and of which the very traces escape common observers ...
... gives promise of a rich har- vest . Mr. Howitt has here done the public good service by preserving a memorial of such peculiar ways of life , that are fast receding from daily use , and of which the very traces escape common observers ...
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... give something to know the domestic histories of many of these fair and intelligent beings who meet here to be scattered again ; for to me the scenes and incidents of homely and elegant domestic life are of more engrossing interest ...
... give something to know the domestic histories of many of these fair and intelligent beings who meet here to be scattered again ; for to me the scenes and incidents of homely and elegant domestic life are of more engrossing interest ...
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... What an outcry from our people ; theirs now perceive us . Some on board give up all hope : but the brig rights herself , and drops by our C stern - a hair's - breadth escape . Immediate joyful VAN DIEMEN'S LAND AND AUSTRALIA FELIX . 17.
... What an outcry from our people ; theirs now perceive us . Some on board give up all hope : but the brig rights herself , and drops by our C stern - a hair's - breadth escape . Immediate joyful VAN DIEMEN'S LAND AND AUSTRALIA FELIX . 17.
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... give us a seaman's toast : it was this- " Here's to the man who eats his own plate , sleeps every night in his own coffin , and every day walks over his grave . " A lands- man would not at first understand this . The sailor's biscuit is ...
... give us a seaman's toast : it was this- " Here's to the man who eats his own plate , sleeps every night in his own coffin , and every day walks over his grave . " A lands- man would not at first understand this . The sailor's biscuit is ...
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... give the alarm- and they concluding that he knew where he was , and was a spec- tator as well as themselves . There was loud upbraiding — a sud- den bustle - the ship was turned about - all in good time - and the noise of the breakers ...
... give the alarm- and they concluding that he knew where he was , and was a spec- tator as well as themselves . There was loud upbraiding — a sud- den bustle - the ship was turned about - all in good time - and the noise of the breakers ...
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