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... night or by day - the lurking foot - pad lies , like a dangerous adder , in our roads and streets - the horrid burglar , like an evil spirit , haunts our dwellings , making night hideous . ' All through 1784 , 1785 , 1786 and 1787 the ...
... night or by day - the lurking foot - pad lies , like a dangerous adder , in our roads and streets - the horrid burglar , like an evil spirit , haunts our dwellings , making night hideous . ' All through 1784 , 1785 , 1786 and 1787 the ...
Page 88
... night the sailors asked for some rum to make merry with upon the women quitting the ships . Soon , as one observer put it , they began to be elevated , and all that night there were scenes of debauchery and riot , which beggared ...
... night the sailors asked for some rum to make merry with upon the women quitting the ships . Soon , as one observer put it , they began to be elevated , and all that night there were scenes of debauchery and riot , which beggared ...
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... night the carousing , the cheering , and the singing went on in Barrack Square , while no one so much as lifted a finger to help Bligh , as he raged into the night , impotent and alone except for the company of his faithful daughter ...
... night the carousing , the cheering , and the singing went on in Barrack Square , while no one so much as lifted a finger to help Bligh , as he raged into the night , impotent and alone except for the company of his faithful daughter ...
Contents
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 21 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 42 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY BAY | 59 |
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