The West Indies and the Spanish MainHarper & brothers, 1860 - 381 oldal |
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1 - 5 találat összesen 78 találatból.
9. oldal
... mean eyebrows - cabello is certainly hair . Now any but a Spaniard would have declared that as to hair , I was bald ; and as to eyebrows nothing in particu- lar . My color is sano . There is great comfort in that . I like the word sano ...
... mean eyebrows - cabello is certainly hair . Now any but a Spaniard would have declared that as to hair , I was bald ; and as to eyebrows nothing in particu- lar . My color is sano . There is great comfort in that . I like the word sano ...
27. oldal
... means . We consider it rather cheap . But in Kingston , sir , you must not think about little economies . " And he leered at me in a very nauseous manner as he tied his parcel . However , I ought to forgive him , for did he not return ...
... means . We consider it rather cheap . But in Kingston , sir , you must not think about little economies . " And he leered at me in a very nauseous manner as he tied his parcel . However , I ought to forgive him , for did he not return ...
30. oldal
... means requires to be enlarged . " " ' It is rather hard on us , " said a young planter to me , with whom I was on terms of sufficient intimacy to dis- cuss such matters- " We send word to the people at home that we are very poor . They ...
... means requires to be enlarged . " " ' It is rather hard on us , " said a young planter to me , with whom I was on terms of sufficient intimacy to dis- cuss such matters- " We send word to the people at home that we are very poor . They ...
32. oldal
... means of transit . I found four horses to be necessary , one for the groom , one for my clothes , and two for myself . A lighter weight might have done with three . An Englishman feels some bashfulness in riding up to a stranger's door ...
... means of transit . I found four horses to be necessary , one for the groom , one for my clothes , and two for myself . A lighter weight might have done with three . An Englishman feels some bashfulness in riding up to a stranger's door ...
43. oldal
... means savory appurtenances , were located somewhere out of sight . As far as I myself might know , from what I saw , my host's ordinary occupations were exactly those of a country gentleman in England . He fished and shot , and looked ...
... means savory appurtenances , were located somewhere out of sight . As far as I myself might know , from what I saw , my host's ordinary occupations were exactly those of a country gentleman in England . He fished and shot , and looked ...
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