Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam: In Guiana on the Wild Coast of South America, from the Years 1772 to 1777 ...University of Massachusetts Press, 1972 - 480 pages |
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... occasion to an observation per- haps not generally known , which ( though uncouth ) must be of great im- portance to sailors ; namely that between the Tropics , while vermin may remain in the head , none can possibly continue to exist ...
... occasion to an observation per- haps not generally known , which ( though uncouth ) must be of great im- portance to sailors ; namely that between the Tropics , while vermin may remain in the head , none can possibly continue to exist ...
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... occasion , but certainly much better for the colony , than to let the regiment linger away an idle life at Paramaribo . Thus our warlike preparations for some days proceeded , and our marines appeared in excellent spirits ; when again ...
... occasion , but certainly much better for the colony , than to let the regiment linger away an idle life at Paramaribo . Thus our warlike preparations for some days proceeded , and our marines appeared in excellent spirits ; when again ...
Page 295
... occasion , swearing aloud that he now would be revenged of them all , coute qui coute . Though they dig into hell , thence shall mine hand take them ; though they climb up to heaven , thence will I bring them down . But how far his ...
... occasion , swearing aloud that he now would be revenged of them all , coute qui coute . Though they dig into hell , thence shall mine hand take them ; though they climb up to heaven , thence will I bring them down . But how far his ...
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