A History of Australia, Volume 5Cambridge University Press, 1981 - Australia |
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Page 7
... nature had again performed one of its freaks : in the Australian bush there was now a Sterne in moleskins , or a Münchhausen among the bullock drivers . Nature had also planted in him a large fund of ' cheeky optimism ' . Other men with ...
... nature had again performed one of its freaks : in the Australian bush there was now a Sterne in moleskins , or a Münchhausen among the bullock drivers . Nature had also planted in him a large fund of ' cheeky optimism ' . Other men with ...
Page 56
... nature , as Francis Adams pointed out , was too harsh and cruel to promote any hope of better things . A ' black rumination , a jesting and pessimistic stoicism ' , had already become the sign manual of the Australian bushman . For him ...
... nature , as Francis Adams pointed out , was too harsh and cruel to promote any hope of better things . A ' black rumination , a jesting and pessimistic stoicism ' , had already become the sign manual of the Australian bushman . For him ...
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... nature , of loneliness and mockery . Bridges was educated for the army at the Royal Military College , Kingston ... Nature had bestowed on him more charm than on Bridges . Both had the temperaments to overcome the fate of being by nature ...
... nature , of loneliness and mockery . Bridges was educated for the army at the Royal Military College , Kingston ... Nature had bestowed on him more charm than on Bridges . Both had the temperaments to overcome the fate of being by nature ...
Contents
A COAT OF CONSERVATIVE VARNISH | 29 |
MORAL IMPROVERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS | 53 |
A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
Copyright | |
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