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Page 124
He had travelled to London in 1785 to learn the trade of a surgeon , where he
lived on the fringe of high society , but the gap between his own income and the
expenses of his way of life , or some flaw in his clay , seemed to push him
towards ...
He had travelled to London in 1785 to learn the trade of a surgeon , where he
lived on the fringe of high society , but the gap between his own income and the
expenses of his way of life , or some flaw in his clay , seemed to push him
towards ...
Page 242
... both food and clothing were abundant , and the convict began to enjoy a
standard of living higher than that afforded by a ... on the government farms on
the mainland , and along the Hawkesbury , they lived in huts put up by their own
hands .
... both food and clothing were abundant , and the convict began to enjoy a
standard of living higher than that afforded by a ... on the government farms on
the mainland , and along the Hawkesbury , they lived in huts put up by their own
hands .
Page 252
Some of these lived in opulent squalor and some lived in comfort and abundance
. ... Advocate till the arrival of Ellis Bent , lived near Government House in a house
in very bad order , surrounded by an old and extremely shabby paling ; the out ...
Some of these lived in opulent squalor and some lived in comfort and abundance
. ... Advocate till the arrival of Ellis Bent , lived near Government House in a house
in very bad order , surrounded by an old and extremely shabby paling ; the out ...
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Contents
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 21 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 42 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY BAY | 59 |
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