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Page 162
In 18oo King reported that Atkins had made very fair promises, which he
expected him to attend to as well as he could, ... King complimented Marsden as
the best practical farmer in the colony, but was discreetly silent about his powers
to wean ...
In 18oo King reported that Atkins had made very fair promises, which he
expected him to attend to as well as he could, ... King complimented Marsden as
the best practical farmer in the colony, but was discreetly silent about his powers
to wean ...
Page 163
So did luck, for King had the colossal good fortune to get rid of Macarthur, not by
cunning or taking thought or superior intelligence, but by one of those singular
strokes of chance which sometimes determines the deserts of a man in human ...
So did luck, for King had the colossal good fortune to get rid of Macarthur, not by
cunning or taking thought or superior intelligence, but by one of those singular
strokes of chance which sometimes determines the deserts of a man in human ...
Page 164
Experience, King added, had convinced every man in the colony that there were
no resources which art, cunning, impudence, and a pair of basilisk eyes could
provide that Macarthur did not exploit to obtain any point he undertook.19 An ...
Experience, King added, had convinced every man in the colony that there were
no resources which art, cunning, impudence, and a pair of basilisk eyes could
provide that Macarthur did not exploit to obtain any point he undertook.19 An ...
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Contents
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 21 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 42 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY BAY | 59 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A History of Australia, Volume 1 A History of Australia, Charles Manning Hope Clark, ISBN 0522842356, 9780522842357 |
| Author | Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1963 |
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