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Page 380
It must have occurred to most people in how great a degree the salubrity - such
as it is – of Sydney , is owing to natural ... The clear dry westerly wind , almost
antiseptic in its nature , the searching ventilation of the sea breeze , and the
tropical ...
It must have occurred to most people in how great a degree the salubrity - such
as it is – of Sydney , is owing to natural ... The clear dry westerly wind , almost
antiseptic in its nature , the searching ventilation of the sea breeze , and the
tropical ...
Page 480
The attempt to interfere with men ' s interest , when it is at the same time an
attempt to frustrate nature and natural instincts , must always ludicrously fail . -
Age , Melbourne , 21 September 1864 A VITAL ELECTION IN VICTORIA In
November ...
The attempt to interfere with men ' s interest , when it is at the same time an
attempt to frustrate nature and natural instincts , must always ludicrously fail . -
Age , Melbourne , 21 September 1864 A VITAL ELECTION IN VICTORIA In
November ...
Page 594
I may , perhaps , take this opportunity of saying one word as to colonial character
which must be in the nature of censure , - though of censure of the mildest form .
And I beg my friends on the Darling Downs , should this book ever reach so far ...
I may , perhaps , take this opportunity of saying one word as to colonial character
which must be in the nature of censure , - though of censure of the mildest form .
And I beg my friends on the Darling Downs , should this book ever reach so far ...
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