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Página 107
... they went on as before . resolved to shut out the pirate How did commerce survive from all refuges and markets ... was no government were so full of pirates that all in the Arches - except what was who could afford the expense bad .
... they went on as before . resolved to shut out the pirate How did commerce survive from all refuges and markets ... was no government were so full of pirates that all in the Arches - except what was who could afford the expense bad .
Página 108
There was conducted by Jews , who , in also a petty coast trade confact , financed the pirate by ducted by ... could travel far and the same thing among the wide . pirates on the west coast of Our countryman , Mr George Ireland .
There was conducted by Jews , who , in also a petty coast trade confact , financed the pirate by ducted by ... could travel far and the same thing among the wide . pirates on the west coast of Our countryman , Mr George Ireland .
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Often ships of this type carry very valuable cargo , such as silk , specie , and bullion , and are a rich prize for the pirates who for decades have infested the China seas . Until Britain took over Hong- Kong , and Swatow became a ...
Often ships of this type carry very valuable cargo , such as silk , specie , and bullion , and are a rich prize for the pirates who for decades have infested the China seas . Until Britain took over Hong- Kong , and Swatow became a ...
Página 434
The pirates book as Just at the last minute , passengers at some convenient before the vessel left Shanghai , port , and seize the ship during a large consignment of treasure the voyage . They have dis- that should have been shipped ...
The pirates book as Just at the last minute , passengers at some convenient before the vessel left Shanghai , port , and seize the ship during a large consignment of treasure the voyage . They have dis- that should have been shipped ...
Página 435
Pirates ! It was not a case of keeping In angry compliance he al- them outside the grilles as was lowed himself to be driven the case on the Tai On . They down to the chart - room on the had already got inside , and deck below .
Pirates ! It was not a case of keeping In angry compliance he al- them outside the grilles as was lowed himself to be driven the case on the Tai On . They down to the chart - room on the had already got inside , and deck below .
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Página 152 - Horrible, hairy, human, with paws like hands in prayer, Making his supplication rose Adam-zad the Bear! I looked at the swaying shoulders, at the paunch's swag and swing, And my heart was touched with pity for the monstrous, pleading thing.
Página 283 - How then shall any man, who has a genius for history equal to the best of the ancients, be able to undertake such a work with spirit and cheerfulness, when he considers that he will be read with pleasure but a very few years, and, in an age or two, shall hardly be understood without an interpreter?
Página 282 - ... that our language is extremely imperfect ; that its daily ' improvements are by no means in proportion to v its daily corruptions ; that the pretenders to polish and refine it, have chiefly multiplied abuses and absurdities ; and that in many instances it offends against every part of grammar.
Página 285 - If an academy should be established for the cultivation of our style, which I, who can never wish to see dependence multiplied, hope the spirit of English liberty will hinder or destroy...
Página 59 - I heard three sensible middle-aged men, when the Scotch were said to be at Stamford, and actually were at Derby, talking of hiring a chaise to go to Caxton (a place in the high-road) to see the Pretender and Highlanders as they passed.
Página 516 - So sincere and so undisguised, that no mind with a spark of generosity would ever think of hurting him, he lies so open to injury. But so indolent, that if he cannot overcome this habit, all his good qualities will signify nothing at all.
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Página 60 - The populace, at first, did not interrupt him, conceiving our army to be near the town ; but as soon as they knew that it would not arrive till the evening, they surrounded him in a tumultuous manner, with the intention of taking him prisoner, alive or dead.
Página 155 - Westminster Hall ; for many people think, if once they have fetched a warrant from a justice, they have given earnest to follow the suit, though otherwise the matter be so mean that the next night's sleep would have bound both parties to the peace, and made them as good friends as ever before.