The London Quarterly Review, Volume 17Theodore Foster, 1817 |
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... never to return to the ship , -for Brown had made himself greatly disliked by his tyrannical and brutal conduct . The day did not pass oyer without danger , but as the men took the alarm in time , Brown was roused to some little ...
... never to return to the ship , -for Brown had made himself greatly disliked by his tyrannical and brutal conduct . The day did not pass oyer without danger , but as the men took the alarm in time , Brown was roused to some little ...
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... never been able to take one of these fortresses , such perfect security did they afford to the inhabi- tants when they were resolutely defended against enemies no better armed than themselves . But against European weapons they were ...
... never been able to take one of these fortresses , such perfect security did they afford to the inhabi- tants when they were resolutely defended against enemies no better armed than themselves . But against European weapons they were ...
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... never to drink the milk of the cocoa - nut out of the shell till he had revenged his father's murder upon Toobo Neuha : it was to effect this object that he had joined Finow , though that chief had assisted in the assassination , and ...
... never to drink the milk of the cocoa - nut out of the shell till he had revenged his father's murder upon Toobo Neuha : it was to effect this object that he had joined Finow , though that chief had assisted in the assassination , and ...
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... never produced the effect of deterring men from crimes . Men who dare the gallows would just as readily dare the wheel or the stake : such punishments outrage humanity , without in the slightest manner promoting the objects of justice ...
... never produced the effect of deterring men from crimes . Men who dare the gallows would just as readily dare the wheel or the stake : such punishments outrage humanity , without in the slightest manner promoting the objects of justice ...
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... never meant to let him go if they could help it . This was no time for hesitation or compunction , they made for the shore , and one man declared that if Mr. Mariner resisted , he would die in opposing him , rather than let him escape ...
... never meant to let him go if they could help it . This was no time for hesitation or compunction , they made for the shore , and one man declared that if Mr. Mariner resisted , he would die in opposing him , rather than let him escape ...
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