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... swash of water against the vessel's sides . And all the passion for travel woke anew ! We were soon at the Hook . The pilot dropped into a small boat alongside , First Day at Sea . 15 and waved us a 14 Outward Bound .
... swash of water against the vessel's sides . And all the passion for travel woke anew ! We were soon at the Hook . The pilot dropped into a small boat alongside , First Day at Sea . 15 and waved us a 14 Outward Bound .
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... boat and harangued volubly in alterna- tion concerning the merits of their respective hotels . One was black and the other yellow , and both were grinning and self - satisfied . It was like a scene from comic opera , with the assembled ...
... boat and harangued volubly in alterna- tion concerning the merits of their respective hotels . One was black and the other yellow , and both were grinning and self - satisfied . It was like a scene from comic opera , with the assembled ...
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... boat and sail about the lagoons . The water is so crystal clear that no idea of depth can be had , the white , sandy bottom being readily seen , and fishes swimming in the cool , transparent deeps . Strange fishes these , of wondrous ...
... boat and sail about the lagoons . The water is so crystal clear that no idea of depth can be had , the white , sandy bottom being readily seen , and fishes swimming in the cool , transparent deeps . Strange fishes these , of wondrous ...
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... church towers were also in the view . We were approaching a fair - sized town , and already a boat had put out from shore carrying the red and white flag of An Isolated People . 45 Denmark and a yellow flag 44 Saint Croix or Santa Cruz .
... church towers were also in the view . We were approaching a fair - sized town , and already a boat had put out from shore carrying the red and white flag of An Isolated People . 45 Denmark and a yellow flag 44 Saint Croix or Santa Cruz .
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... boat - loads of darkeys were swarming about the ship , screaming , chattering and vociferating , in a pandemonium of noise . To select a boat and embark in it was the work of a few moments , and we soon found ourselves ashore in the ...
... boat - loads of darkeys were swarming about the ship , screaming , chattering and vociferating , in a pandemonium of noise . To select a boat and embark in it was the work of a few moments , and we soon found ourselves ashore in the ...
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Page 77 - Dominica's fire-cleft summits Rise from bluest of blue oceans ; Dominica's palms and plantains Feel the trade-wind's mighty motions, Swaying with impetuous stress The West Indian wilderness.
Page 100 - they have no charter which debars this house from taxing them, as well as any other subjects ;" while a third held that, " as the colonies are all a part of the people of Great Britain, they are generally represented in this house as well as the rest of the people are.
Page 99 - ... instructions to informe the Council of the condition of those Colonies, and whether they were of such power as to be able to resist his Majesty and declare for themselves as independent of the Crowne, which we were told, and which of late yeares made them refractorie.
Page 141 - The discontents of the people had been gradually increasing since the conquest from the Dutch, and when, in 1689, news arrived of the accession of William and Mary to the throne of England, the people joyfully received the intelligence, ami, rose in open rebellion to the existing government.
Page 100 - I hope the petitioners have no charter which debars this House from taxing them as well as any other subjects of this nation. I am sure they can have no such charter.' " ' Sir John Barnard alleged that the language of the petitioners was " that they humbly conceive, that the bill now depending, if passed into a law, would be highly prejudicial to their charter.
Page 116 - ... over which, in most cases, he has no effective control, if any at all. In brief, he is labelled as belonging to a class apart among the races, and any attempt to rise above his station is terribly resented by the aristocracy of the races. Indeed, he is reminded at every turn that he is only intended to be a hewer of wood and a drawer of water.
Page 17 - Twas worth ten years of peaceful life, One glance at their array.