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... lived a bird , Geruda , shaped like a griffin , which flew by night , taking in its claws an elephant , a tiger , a rhinoceros or any large animal , which it carried to its nest . In those seas the currents from all directions flowed ...
... lived a bird , Geruda , shaped like a griffin , which flew by night , taking in its claws an elephant , a tiger , a rhinoceros or any large animal , which it carried to its nest . In those seas the currents from all directions flowed ...
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... 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 crime . On 12 December 1787 he was tried at the Old Bailey on three ...
... 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 crime . On 12 December 1787 he was tried at the Old Bailey on three ...
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... lived in opulent squalor and some lived in comfort and abundance . Atkins , who had continued as Acting Judge Advocate till the arrival of Ellis Bent , lived near Government House in a house in very bad order , surrounded by an old and ...
... lived in opulent squalor and some lived in comfort and abundance . Atkins , who had continued as Acting Judge Advocate till the arrival of Ellis Bent , lived near Government House in a house in very bad order , surrounded by an old and ...
Contents
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 21 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 42 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY BAY | 59 |
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