Recollections of Bush Life in Australia: During a Residence of Eight Years in the InteriorJ. Murray, 1861 - 162 páginas |
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... fall of prices was the immediate consequence ; and the over - sanguine colonist , who had ventured his all in the hope of a speedy return to the land of his birth with a competent fortune , found not only that the prospect of wealth was ...
... fall of prices was the immediate consequence ; and the over - sanguine colonist , who had ventured his all in the hope of a speedy return to the land of his birth with a competent fortune , found not only that the prospect of wealth was ...
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... fall to with the appetite of a traveller . After allowing an hour or so for digestion , he rolls himself for the night in the blanket or " ' pos- sum - cloak , " which by day is strapped on before him , and sleeps with his head between ...
... fall to with the appetite of a traveller . After allowing an hour or so for digestion , he rolls himself for the night in the blanket or " ' pos- sum - cloak , " which by day is strapped on before him , and sleeps with his head between ...
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... fall heavily on those who have been guilty of this neglect . If , upon the approach of the white man , these majestic forests are to echo to the uncontrolled sound of riot and debauchery , it would have been better that their deep ...
... fall heavily on those who have been guilty of this neglect . If , upon the approach of the white man , these majestic forests are to echo to the uncontrolled sound of riot and debauchery , it would have been better that their deep ...
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... fall through on a heap underneath , ( which is afterwards put together , and sold under the denomination of " clippings , " ) it is folded up neatly , and set aside to be ready for the press , which is in full operation throughout the ...
... fall through on a heap underneath , ( which is afterwards put together , and sold under the denomination of " clippings , " ) it is folded up neatly , and set aside to be ready for the press , which is in full operation throughout the ...
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... falls off their backs in flakes . Among the most probable of the many causes which have been assigned of this capricious disease is the state of the stomach ; for it is remarkable that the sheep suffer most severely from its attacks in ...
... falls off their backs in flakes . Among the most probable of the many causes which have been assigned of this capricious disease is the state of the stomach ; for it is remarkable that the sheep suffer most severely from its attacks in ...
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