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... never failed his rider . I won him in single fight from the Soldan of Trebizond - mount , I say , behind me - in one short hour is pursuit and inquiry far behind- a new world of pleasure opens to thee - to me a new career of fame . Let ...
... never failed his rider . I won him in single fight from the Soldan of Trebizond - mount , I say , behind me - in one short hour is pursuit and inquiry far behind- a new world of pleasure opens to thee - to me a new career of fame . Let ...
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... never dwell in the water , whereas the sucuriu or sucuriuba lives constantly in and near water , and is therefore really amphibious in the literal sense of the word . This serpent is by no means beautifully marked : its back is of a ...
... never dwell in the water , whereas the sucuriu or sucuriuba lives constantly in and near water , and is therefore really amphibious in the literal sense of the word . This serpent is by no means beautifully marked : its back is of a ...
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... never suffer it to go out , day or night . The Portuguese on the Paraiba universally assert that the Puris feast on the flesh of the enemies whom they kill ; though , when questioned as to the fact , they refused to confess it , and ...
... never suffer it to go out , day or night . The Portuguese on the Paraiba universally assert that the Puris feast on the flesh of the enemies whom they kill ; though , when questioned as to the fact , they refused to confess it , and ...
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... never seen such strange and ugly beings . The more effectually to disfigure their countenances , they wear large pieces of wood , four or five inches long , in their lower lips and in their ears : the lip is thus made to project very ...
... never seen such strange and ugly beings . The more effectually to disfigure their countenances , they wear large pieces of wood , four or five inches long , in their lower lips and in their ears : the lip is thus made to project very ...
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... never laid hands on one another . When these combats had continued for some time , they again walked about with a se- rious look , uttering tones of defiance , till heroic enthusiasm again seized them , and set their poles in motion ...
... never laid hands on one another . When these combats had continued for some time , they again walked about with a se- rious look , uttering tones of defiance , till heroic enthusiasm again seized them , and set their poles in motion ...
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