The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 17; Volume 64William Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder and Company, 1891 |
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Page 34
... known to anybody , much less used by anybody . They say that , with pardonable misconception , the first postmen ( who then wore uniforms ) were arrested by the local magistrates as vagrants ; nowadays they pass a quieter , if less ...
... known to anybody , much less used by anybody . They say that , with pardonable misconception , the first postmen ( who then wore uniforms ) were arrested by the local magistrates as vagrants ; nowadays they pass a quieter , if less ...
Page 36
... known euphemistically as ' wine allowance , ' and on the cover of the letter is always noted the amount paid , or due . Postage stamps have never , apparently , been thought of . Some day it will dawn upon one of these benighted firms ...
... known euphemistically as ' wine allowance , ' and on the cover of the letter is always noted the amount paid , or due . Postage stamps have never , apparently , been thought of . Some day it will dawn upon one of these benighted firms ...
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... known to them , and their stone hand - mills for grinding maize are used by the Canarians to this day . In some of the islands the root of a fern was used for bread instead of maize . They made butter by putting the milk into a wooden ...
... known to them , and their stone hand - mills for grinding maize are used by the Canarians to this day . In some of the islands the root of a fern was used for bread instead of maize . They made butter by putting the milk into a wooden ...
Page 42
... , but they were almost as agile and strong as the men . Even in war the women and children were protected , and pillage was forbidden . Situated at the farthest western extremity of the known world 42 A FORGOTTEN RACE .
... , but they were almost as agile and strong as the men . Even in war the women and children were protected , and pillage was forbidden . Situated at the farthest western extremity of the known world 42 A FORGOTTEN RACE .
Page 43
... known to the Moors and Arabs , the depositors of learning and science , and were called by them ' Gezagrel Khalidal ' — the Happy Islands . In 1291 the Genoese sent an expedition to the islands , but it never returned . In 1330 we learn ...
... known to the Moors and Arabs , the depositors of learning and science , and were called by them ' Gezagrel Khalidal ' — the Happy Islands . In 1291 the Genoese sent an expedition to the islands , but it never returned . In 1330 we learn ...
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