Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 222W. Blackwood, 1927 - England |
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Page 60
... never was more than a raid . They were no more effective than a squirrel in a cage . Not one person of distinction declared for them . The chiefs became uneasy and depressed . The decisive stroke lay with the Government , who could land ...
... never was more than a raid . They were no more effective than a squirrel in a cage . Not one person of distinction declared for them . The chiefs became uneasy and depressed . The decisive stroke lay with the Government , who could land ...
Page 67
... never to have been in danger , though he had two grim reminders . On the first occasion , hearing a noise in the street , he looked out , and saw twelve of his former com- panions in arms being taken to the place of execution . They ...
... never to have been in danger , though he had two grim reminders . On the first occasion , hearing a noise in the street , he looked out , and saw twelve of his former com- panions in arms being taken to the place of execution . They ...
Page 71
... never seems this schooner of yours right to take me long to get on my alongside of me , all sudden and feet again . I'm full of your unexpected , knocked the wind good grub now , and I've pretty clean out of me , and all I near slept ...
... never seems this schooner of yours right to take me long to get on my alongside of me , all sudden and feet again . I'm full of your unexpected , knocked the wind good grub now , and I've pretty clean out of me , and all I near slept ...
Page 75
... never been civilised , and I saw at once I was the first white man who'd ever been there . There was a canoe with some Kanakas in it fishing , and they spotted me as soon as I drifted in . Great big , hefty , smiling beggars they were ...
... never been civilised , and I saw at once I was the first white man who'd ever been there . There was a canoe with some Kanakas in it fishing , and they spotted me as soon as I drifted in . Great big , hefty , smiling beggars they were ...
Page 78
... never see them having a row amongst them- selves , and as for scrapping- well , it's my belief they don't know how to . They never do fight anyway , or show any signs of wanting to , either . And that's all to the good , because , as I ...
... never see them having a row amongst them- selves , and as for scrapping- well , it's my belief they don't know how to . They never do fight anyway , or show any signs of wanting to , either . And that's all to the good , because , as I ...
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