The Overland MonthlySamuel Carson, 1911 |
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Stran 6
... native wit and eloquence which should have made a famous orator of him . Wondering at his eloquent , though provincial flow of language , we asked him how long he had gone to school . " I went to school one day in my uncle's place ...
... native wit and eloquence which should have made a famous orator of him . Wondering at his eloquent , though provincial flow of language , we asked him how long he had gone to school . " I went to school one day in my uncle's place ...
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... native fiesta and the celebration of the French national holiday , the Four- teenth of July . en- The most interesting experience in Pa- peete came or the night of the 13th of July , the night that may be likened to our " night before ...
... native fiesta and the celebration of the French national holiday , the Four- teenth of July . en- The most interesting experience in Pa- peete came or the night of the 13th of July , the night that may be likened to our " night before ...
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... native Tahitian girls may be called beautiful , but when native blood mingles with French , all agree that the product is often a wondrously beauti- ful girl . Papeete is altogether unlike any city or town in America or Europe . In many ...
... native Tahitian girls may be called beautiful , but when native blood mingles with French , all agree that the product is often a wondrously beauti- ful girl . Papeete is altogether unlike any city or town in America or Europe . In many ...
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... natives , I added a limited vocabulary of native words . By " ma - a " we hoped to get " food " by " hotera , " a hotel , a word we did not use after the first day . " To - oto " meant " sleep " and to complete our neces- sary ...
... natives , I added a limited vocabulary of native words . By " ma - a " we hoped to get " food " by " hotera , " a hotel , a word we did not use after the first day . " To - oto " meant " sleep " and to complete our neces- sary ...
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... native climbed a tree and brought down a cocoanut apiece for us . We drank the delicious milk and ate the soft pulp . How- ever , we were not in a mood to be satisfied with ambrosia and nectar . We wanted solid earthly food and hot ...
... native climbed a tree and brought down a cocoanut apiece for us . We drank the delicious milk and ate the soft pulp . How- ever , we were not in a mood to be satisfied with ambrosia and nectar . We wanted solid earthly food and hot ...
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