New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 129Henry Colburn, 1863 |
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... seemed very weak , and complained of great pain in his legs and back . On the second day he seemed to be better , and said that he thought he was getting stronger , but on starting , did not go two miles before he said he could go no ...
... seemed very weak , and complained of great pain in his legs and back . On the second day he seemed to be better , and said that he thought he was getting stronger , but on starting , did not go two miles before he said he could go no ...
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... seemed to look upon me as one of themselves , and supplied me with fish and nardoo regularly : they were very anxious , however , to know where Mr. Burke lay , and one day when we were fishing in the water - holes close by , I took them ...
... seemed to look upon me as one of themselves , and supplied me with fish and nardoo regularly : they were very anxious , however , to know where Mr. Burke lay , and one day when we were fishing in the water - holes close by , I took them ...
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... seemed resolved upon fighting the whole party . Bourne tells us naïvely enough that the old men always secure the young Marys ( the name given to the aboriginal ladies ) , persuading younger men that they would disagree with them , and ...
... seemed resolved upon fighting the whole party . Bourne tells us naïvely enough that the old men always secure the young Marys ( the name given to the aboriginal ladies ) , persuading younger men that they would disagree with them , and ...
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... seemed to be large numbers to the eastward , upon the Cooper and in its neighbourhood , some of whom on one occasion , during M'Kinlay's search at Lake Massacre , were dis- posed to be hostile . The expedition found the grave of a white ...
... seemed to be large numbers to the eastward , upon the Cooper and in its neighbourhood , some of whom on one occasion , during M'Kinlay's search at Lake Massacre , were dis- posed to be hostile . The expedition found the grave of a white ...
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... seemed so fatigued then . But , low as the question had been put , Miss Meta heard it ; heard Rely upon it , children understand far it and understood its purport . She entwined her pretty arms more than we give them credit for . within ...
... seemed so fatigued then . But , low as the question had been put , Miss Meta heard it ; heard Rely upon it , children understand far it and understood its purport . She entwined her pretty arms more than we give them credit for . within ...
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