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... lives I had found him reading in his own language . He was then commandant of the king's Guards , who numbered twenty men , and in that capacity he had had the shrewdness to outwit Mr Baker , then all - powerful . It had suggested ...
... lives I had found him reading in his own language . He was then commandant of the king's Guards , who numbered twenty men , and in that capacity he had had the shrewdness to outwit Mr Baker , then all - powerful . It had suggested ...
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... than French differs from English , yet the idiom and metaphor is much alike , as one might expect among races who live under THE DANGERS OF CABINET MEETINGS . 39 similar conditions and 38 THE SHIP OF STATE AND HER CREW .
... than French differs from English , yet the idiom and metaphor is much alike , as one might expect among races who live under THE DANGERS OF CABINET MEETINGS . 39 similar conditions and 38 THE SHIP OF STATE AND HER CREW .
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... live on a bit of yam or kumala , but these white men must eat money or die of hunger . Let them be paid . ” One of Mr Baker's later freaks had been to import , at great expense , a number of labourers from Mangaia in the Cook group , to ...
... live on a bit of yam or kumala , but these white men must eat money or die of hunger . Let them be paid . ” One of Mr Baker's later freaks had been to import , at great expense , a number of labourers from Mangaia in the Cook group , to ...
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... knew that it would take months of hard work to live it down . The Free Church ministers , moreover , had not been idle , and their per- A SON OF THE IMMORTALS . 45 sistent misrepresentation of 44 THE SHIP OF STATE AND HER CREW .
... knew that it would take months of hard work to live it down . The Free Church ministers , moreover , had not been idle , and their per- A SON OF THE IMMORTALS . 45 sistent misrepresentation of 44 THE SHIP OF STATE AND HER CREW .
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... live pigs , rolls of ngatu , mats , combs , and the inevitable kava . Like all native presents , they had eventually to be paid for in return gifts of an equal or higher value . Our new house adjoined the Government College , being in ...
... live pigs , rolls of ngatu , mats , combs , and the inevitable kava . Like all native presents , they had eventually to be paid for in return gifts of an equal or higher value . Our new house adjoined the Government College , being in ...
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