Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 236W. Blackwood, 1934 - England |
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Page 501
... tion of the inexorable advances which British education had brought to her land to sound the death - knell of supersti- tion . her skin hung round her in Her witchcraft , which a few satiny bags of loose tissue ; her fang - like teeth ...
... tion of the inexorable advances which British education had brought to her land to sound the death - knell of supersti- tion . her skin hung round her in Her witchcraft , which a few satiny bags of loose tissue ; her fang - like teeth ...
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... tion twelve hours later after a long and hot march . The natives of this district are very civil and obliging , largely it must be feared - through lack of contact with civilisa- tion . By mid - day I had out- distanced the porters and ...
... tion twelve hours later after a long and hot march . The natives of this district are very civil and obliging , largely it must be feared - through lack of contact with civilisa- tion . By mid - day I had out- distanced the porters and ...
Page 640
... tion of Æsop's fables , followed went back to Dublin , rebuilt a few years later by a transla- his theatre at a cost of nearly tion of Virgil . There is a fair £ 2000 , conducted it and the sale for both the books , and duties of his ...
... tion of Æsop's fables , followed went back to Dublin , rebuilt a few years later by a transla- his theatre at a cost of nearly tion of Virgil . There is a fair £ 2000 , conducted it and the sale for both the books , and duties of his ...
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A BOTANIST ON THE HOLY MOUNTAIN BY SIR ARTHUR W HILL | 81 |
MAGAS LOGcontd | 140 |
ADVENTURERS IN OLD LONDON | 176 |
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