The Quickening of Caliban: A Modern Story of EvolutionCassell, Limited, 1893 - 275 pages |
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... Lucy . Lucy was not , by any means , a girl with- out natural attraction . Her skin was a warm brown , her features were pleasing , and her figure comely and elastic . She was glad to make friends with Zephyr , who was not quite strong ...
... Lucy . Lucy was not , by any means , a girl with- out natural attraction . Her skin was a warm brown , her features were pleasing , and her figure comely and elastic . She was glad to make friends with Zephyr , who was not quite strong ...
Page 163
... Lucy had heard of the terrible struggle from her brothers who had fought in the armies of the Zulu king . About that great day they told her , when the impi extended its deep horns and closed round the brave Englishmen , who died ...
... Lucy had heard of the terrible struggle from her brothers who had fought in the armies of the Zulu king . About that great day they told her , when the impi extended its deep horns and closed round the brave Englishmen , who died ...
Page 164
... Lucy . " And your pots and pans , your clean houses , are nicer than the bones and rubbish about our cooking - ovens , and the rush and reed huts . The good Father above has been kind to you and given you the earth and the fulness ...
... Lucy . " And your pots and pans , your clean houses , are nicer than the bones and rubbish about our cooking - ovens , and the rush and reed huts . The good Father above has been kind to you and given you the earth and the fulness ...
Page 166
... Lucy . " They brought lightning from the skies and destroyed the wicked . They could take a disease from one person and give it to another . " " Where do you find that ? " asked the astonished English child . " Don't we read about ...
... Lucy . " They brought lightning from the skies and destroyed the wicked . They could take a disease from one person and give it to another . " " Where do you find that ? " asked the astonished English child . " Don't we read about ...
Page 167
... Lucy . Lucy . " See , here is one that I have hidden in my bosom , " and she pulled out an ugly little bone amulet which had been secured by a string round her neck . " If I were to tell tales , " answered Zephyr , with a roguish look ...
... Lucy . Lucy . " See , here is one that I have hidden in my bosom , " and she pulled out an ugly little bone amulet which had been secured by a string round her neck . " If I were to tell tales , " answered Zephyr , with a roguish look ...
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