A History of Australia: The earth abideth for ever, 1851-1888This fourth volume continues the story [of the history of Australia] from the discovery of gold in February 1851 to the centenary of the coming of European civilization to Australia on January 26 1888. Its vital theme concerns the debate in Australian about the life of man without God; and the impending breakdown of bourgeois society, succeeded by an age of ruins. |
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Page 43
In self - defence he began to wear on his face that ' peculiarly captivating grin ' of
the man whose only chance was to remain ingratiating . By contrast another man
who was tormented all his life by a sense of shame in his family ' s past ...
In self - defence he began to wear on his face that ' peculiarly captivating grin ' of
the man whose only chance was to remain ingratiating . By contrast another man
who was tormented all his life by a sense of shame in his family ' s past ...
Page 244
... white swans glided over the still waters set in an English - style grassy
parkland . For all the eye could tell , Glass was ' disgustingly rich ' . He began to
wear on his face the expression of a man who was not aglow with success : his
lips were ...
... white swans glided over the still waters set in an English - style grassy
parkland . For all the eye could tell , Glass was ' disgustingly rich ' . He began to
wear on his face the expression of a man who was not aglow with success : his
lips were ...
Page 258
... mean and contemptible ' . Under the strain the appearance of the man began
to change . He lost the suggestion of the visionary in the Rodius portrait and
began to take on the likeness of a man who was fighting not for some great cause
...
... mean and contemptible ' . Under the strain the appearance of the man began
to change . He lost the suggestion of the visionary in the Rodius portrait and
began to take on the likeness of a man who was fighting not for some great cause
...
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PROLOGUE | 1 |
THE POSSESSED | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE | 25 |
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A History of Australia: The earth abideth for ever, 1851-1888 Charles Manning Hope Clark No preview available - 1962 |
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