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... scenes of hardship and danger . It extends along the east coast from the twenty- third to the thirteenth degree of south latitude , a portion less known or described than many other parts of the continent of 1 South America . Several ...
... scenes of hardship and danger . It extends along the east coast from the twenty- third to the thirteenth degree of south latitude , a portion less known or described than many other parts of the continent of 1 South America . Several ...
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... scene : the Cabure , a small owl , hooted among the bushes , luminous insects glistened on the marshes , and the " * Two Germans , Messrs . Freyreiss and Sellow , who intend to travel several years in the Brazils : they are acquinted ...
... scene : the Cabure , a small owl , hooted among the bushes , luminous insects glistened on the marshes , and the " * Two Germans , Messrs . Freyreiss and Sellow , who intend to travel several years in the Brazils : they are acquinted ...
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... scenes of na- ture . On entering a deep hollow , we observed several large pools of limpid water , and a little beyond these an immense forest , of which no comparison can give an adequate idea . Palms and all the magnificent trees of ...
... scenes of na- ture . On entering a deep hollow , we observed several large pools of limpid water , and a little beyond these an immense forest , of which no comparison can give an adequate idea . Palms and all the magnificent trees of ...
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... scene . ' The combat lasted about an hour ; when both parties being ex- hausted , but neither being disposed to make peace , it was at length effected by the mediation of the travellers . The combatants , cov- ered with gashes and glory ...
... scene . ' The combat lasted about an hour ; when both parties being ex- hausted , but neither being disposed to make peace , it was at length effected by the mediation of the travellers . The combatants , cov- ered with gashes and glory ...
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... scene that we shall extract is that in which Robinson , accompanied by his man Friday , having built a boat , is launching to sea : ' Robinson , arce relictaf , in tumulo imminente restitit , secum paulisper meditaturus , sociumque ...
... scene that we shall extract is that in which Robinson , accompanied by his man Friday , having built a boat , is launching to sea : ' Robinson , arce relictaf , in tumulo imminente restitit , secum paulisper meditaturus , sociumque ...
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