Recollections of Four Years in VenezuelaH.S. King & Company, 1876 - 303 páginas |
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... believe that snakes are not really vicious : they must destroy life to live , even as we do ; but they sel- dom attack men , unless their nests are endangered or they believe themselves about to be injured . They are led by the same ...
... believe that snakes are not really vicious : they must destroy life to live , even as we do ; but they sel- dom attack men , unless their nests are endangered or they believe themselves about to be injured . They are led by the same ...
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... believe he was jesting only , when , perhaps , he was in earnest . He and Domingo sang improvised songs to a cracked bandola , and told me tales , and listened to , and questioned me on the moral that I inva- riably added . If I spoke ...
... believe he was jesting only , when , perhaps , he was in earnest . He and Domingo sang improvised songs to a cracked bandola , and told me tales , and listened to , and questioned me on the moral that I inva- riably added . If I spoke ...
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... believe , noted for its fatness , the oil of which is saved in bottles for culinary pur- poses , and for the firmness and sweetness of its flesh ; and also the curbinato , a fish of great de- licacy and lusciousness . These and other ...
... believe , noted for its fatness , the oil of which is saved in bottles for culinary pur- poses , and for the firmness and sweetness of its flesh ; and also the curbinato , a fish of great de- licacy and lusciousness . These and other ...
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... believe that his good humour and hearty laugh often masked a heart ill at ease . " You must have often passed this way with more or less companions , M. Edmond , " I said , addressing him in French as usual when alone with him . For the ...
... believe that his good humour and hearty laugh often masked a heart ill at ease . " You must have often passed this way with more or less companions , M. Edmond , " I said , addressing him in French as usual when alone with him . For the ...
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... believe that they are either less numerous now , or that I now think less of them as dangerous neighbours . For the tiger , I do not consider him personally danger- ous , as I suppose that , duly prepared , I am always a match for him ...
... believe that they are either less numerous now , or that I now think less of them as dangerous neighbours . For the tiger , I do not consider him personally danger- ous , as I suppose that , duly prepared , I am always a match for him ...
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