A Boy's Voyage Round the World: Including a Residence in Victoria, and a Journey by Rail Across North AmericaSamuel Smiles John Murray, 1871 - 304 páginas |
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... hundred or more people on board gave us a ringing cheer . Our men now pulled with a will toward the still - dis- . tant ship . As we neared her , we observed that she must have encountered very heavy weather , as part of her foremast ...
... hundred or more people on board gave us a ringing cheer . Our men now pulled with a will toward the still - dis- . tant ship . As we neared her , we observed that she must have encountered very heavy weather , as part of her foremast ...
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... hundred thousand square miles , it did not contain 200 white people . In 1845 the popula- * Mr. Batman died in September , 1869 , at the age of 77 , and his funer- al was one of the largest ever seen in Melbourne . This " father of Mel ...
... hundred thousand square miles , it did not contain 200 white people . In 1845 the popula- * Mr. Batman died in September , 1869 , at the age of 77 , and his funer- al was one of the largest ever seen in Melbourne . This " father of Mel ...
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... hundred readers use the library daily . Nor must I forget the Victorian collection of pictures , in the same building as the Public Library . The gal- leries are good , and contain many attractive paintings . Among them I noticed ...
... hundred readers use the library daily . Nor must I forget the Victorian collection of pictures , in the same building as the Public Library . The gal- leries are good , and contain many attractive paintings . Among them I noticed ...
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... hundred in- habitants . It is supported in a great measure by the ad- joining farming population ; and I observed , during my stay at the place , that the more prudent of the miners , when they had saved a few hundred pounds — and some ...
... hundred in- habitants . It is supported in a great measure by the ad- joining farming population ; and I observed , during my stay at the place , that the more prudent of the miners , when they had saved a few hundred pounds — and some ...
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... hundred feet deep , and shafts have to be sunk , the remains of the old work- ings present a very different appearance . Then mounds of white clay and gravel , from twenty to forty feet high , lie close together , sometimes not more ...
... hundred feet deep , and shafts have to be sunk , the remains of the old work- ings present a very different appearance . Then mounds of white clay and gravel , from twenty to forty feet high , lie close together , sometimes not more ...
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