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Colin and our four daughters were ashore visiting one of the local woodcarvers , Ernest and I lazed in the sun in Tryste's cockpit and Marjorie was alone aboard Harrier when the invitation arrived . Accompanied by his grandson , an old ...
Colin and our four daughters were ashore visiting one of the local woodcarvers , Ernest and I lazed in the sun in Tryste's cockpit and Marjorie was alone aboard Harrier when the invitation arrived . Accompanied by his grandson , an old ...
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Behind them stepped the drummers , beating out those four haunting funeral notes . Next came incense bearers , swinging widely their smoking canisters , ' purifying ' the people ; then four smartly dressed trumpeters , sounding in ...
Behind them stepped the drummers , beating out those four haunting funeral notes . Next came incense bearers , swinging widely their smoking canisters , ' purifying ' the people ; then four smartly dressed trumpeters , sounding in ...
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In the folklore of northern India , parrots are learned birds , reputed to know the four Vedas ; and that is why , when a child is low in learning , it is given a grain of rice dropped by this chattering bird .
In the folklore of northern India , parrots are learned birds , reputed to know the four Vedas ; and that is why , when a child is low in learning , it is given a grain of rice dropped by this chattering bird .
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A DAY ON THE LOCH BY A J MCGEOCH | 134 |
SIR WALTER SCOTT AND THE MURDER OF PORTEOUS BY | 212 |
SOME LESSER CAPTAINS | 237 |
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