Recollections of Four Years in VenezuelaH.S. King & Company, 1876 - 303 páginas |
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... 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 instincts that guide the other animals and us . I passed unscathed within ...
... 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 instincts that guide the other animals and us . I passed unscathed within ...
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... burned brightly , and we were swing- ing in our chinchoras , Domingo stopped his swinging for a while , and was engaged throwing live coals to a toad which jumped forward at each throw , and caught the bright coal in his mouth.
... burned brightly , and we were swing- ing in our chinchoras , Domingo stopped his swinging for a while , and was engaged throwing live coals to a toad which jumped forward at each throw , and caught the bright coal in his mouth.
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... live armaduro , called in some places Hassa , as a present to Mrs Valliviun . My rancheria was now completed ; timitchi en- closing a sleeping - room , and the other part of the house open to three , at least , of the four winds of ...
... live armaduro , called in some places Hassa , as a present to Mrs Valliviun . My rancheria was now completed ; timitchi en- closing a sleeping - room , and the other part of the house open to three , at least , of the four winds of ...
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... live in cities . These are natural condi- tions . When I first took to this life I was always looking out for snakes and tigers ; and I believe that they are either less numerous now , or that I now think less of them as dangerous ...
... live in cities . These are natural condi- tions . When I first took to this life I was always looking out for snakes and tigers ; and I believe that they are either less numerous now , or that I now think less of them as dangerous ...
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... live as I know Lamberto lives , and as he believes one ought to live , Our Lord must be shut out . " Lamberto was a man who had left Maturin some years before in disgrace , and had just then returned with his vices hardened , and ...
... live as I know Lamberto lives , and as he believes one ought to live , Our Lord must be shut out . " Lamberto was a man who had left Maturin some years before in disgrace , and had just then returned with his vices hardened , and ...
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