The Countries of the World: Being a Popular Description of the Various Continents, Islands, Rivers, Seas, and Peoples of the Globe, Volumes 3-4Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1892 |
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Page 100
... visited is the warmest yet experienced , a state of belief in which the martyr remains until he visits another town , when he modifies his faith so far as to come to the conclusion that this furnace is surely more torrid by some degrees ...
... visited is the warmest yet experienced , a state of belief in which the martyr remains until he visits another town , when he modifies his faith so far as to come to the conclusion that this furnace is surely more torrid by some degrees ...
Page 264
... visited six years after- wards - in 1587 - by Cavendish , it was found that only twenty - four out of the original four hundred had escaped starvation . Hence the name of the spot . The convict settlement does not seem to have proved ...
... visited six years after- wards - in 1587 - by Cavendish , it was found that only twenty - four out of the original four hundred had escaped starvation . Hence the name of the spot . The convict settlement does not seem to have proved ...
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... visited it perhaps the most beautiful . It is not even surpassed by the magnificent haven of Rio Janeiro . The official historian grows enthusiastic - and for once the colonial inditer of guides does not lie under the suspicion of ...
... visited it perhaps the most beautiful . It is not even surpassed by the magnificent haven of Rio Janeiro . The official historian grows enthusiastic - and for once the colonial inditer of guides does not lie under the suspicion of ...
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