Recollections of Bush Life in Australia: During a Residence of Eight Years in the InteriorJ. Murray, 1861 - 162 páginas |
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... soon after its rise , abates not a jot in its vigour , until , with seeming reluctance and an evident promise of another warm visit on the morrow , it sinks below the horizon . Not a bird is to be seen , not a note enlivens the ear ...
... soon after its rise , abates not a jot in its vigour , until , with seeming reluctance and an evident promise of another warm visit on the morrow , it sinks below the horizon . Not a bird is to be seen , not a note enlivens the ear ...
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... soon as these are blazing pretty strongly , the horsemen retire by the intervening spaces , and the cattle find themselves encom- passed by a ring of flame , of which they have at all times a dread , and particularly at night ...
... soon as these are blazing pretty strongly , the horsemen retire by the intervening spaces , and the cattle find themselves encom- passed by a ring of flame , of which they have at all times a dread , and particularly at night ...
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... soon made : every traveller in " the bush " carries with him his tinder - box , and as soon as the tin quart pot , which has been dangling all day at the saddle - bow , boils at the crackling log- fire , and is converted into a tea ...
... soon made : every traveller in " the bush " carries with him his tinder - box , and as soon as the tin quart pot , which has been dangling all day at the saddle - bow , boils at the crackling log- fire , and is converted into a tea ...
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... soon cease to be his neigh- bours , as they will be ruined and obliged to leave the district , and from all he may learn much . It would be very bad phi- losophy to fancy that he was keeping up his European refine- ments by being ...
... soon cease to be his neigh- bours , as they will be ruined and obliged to leave the district , and from all he may learn much . It would be very bad phi- losophy to fancy that he was keeping up his European refine- ments by being ...
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... soon as possible ; and , not contented with getting the unfortunate labouring man's money in the proper , or rather improper , course of business , they have been detected in making great additions to his account while he is in a state ...
... soon as possible ; and , not contented with getting the unfortunate labouring man's money in the proper , or rather improper , course of business , they have been detected in making great additions to his account while he is in a state ...
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