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Parkes knew what it was like to be driven out of his wits by sensual lust : Deakin
had read in books about the ravages of that fierce and savage monster . Parkes
had striven in vain to confer a dignity on his bearing : Deakin ' s bearing
reminded ...
Parkes knew what it was like to be driven out of his wits by sensual lust : Deakin
had read in books about the ravages of that fierce and savage monster . Parkes
had striven in vain to confer a dignity on his bearing : Deakin ' s bearing
reminded ...
Page 37
The Governor of Victoria , Lord Hopetoun , was so fond of his company , finding
there was ' something so gentle and refined about him ' , that he asked Parkes to
treat Government House in Melbourne as his hotel . The greats in England ...
The Governor of Victoria , Lord Hopetoun , was so fond of his company , finding
there was ' something so gentle and refined about him ' , that he asked Parkes to
treat Government House in Melbourne as his hotel . The greats in England ...
Page 127
The wits of Sydney were still composing doggerel about him : There is an old
fellow called PARKES Who once more is up to his LARKS He fires off SQUIBS
REVILES MR DIBBS And WALLOWS in ill - bred remarks . But Parkes still saw
himself ...
The wits of Sydney were still composing doggerel about him : There is an old
fellow called PARKES Who once more is up to his LARKS He fires off SQUIBS
REVILES MR DIBBS And WALLOWS in ill - bred remarks . But Parkes still saw
himself ...
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Contents
A COAT OF CONSERVATIVE VARNISH | 29 |
MORAL IMPROVERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS | 53 |
A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A History of Australia A History of Australia, Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Author | Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1981 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 18 Feb 2009 |
| ISBN | 0522842232, 9780522842234 |
| Length | 448 pages |
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