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A Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812 to Madras and China , returning by the Cape of Good Hope and St Helena , in the H. C. S. the Hope , Capt . Jas . Pendergrass . By Jas . Wathen . Illustrated by 24 coloured Prints .
A Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812 to Madras and China , returning by the Cape of Good Hope and St Helena , in the H. C. S. the Hope , Capt . Jas . Pendergrass . By Jas . Wathen . Illustrated by 24 coloured Prints .
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How did I hope to vex a thousand eyes ! Oh glorious malice , dearer than the prize ! Yet well was taught my brow that pride serene , Which looks no triumph where no doubt had been ; That easy scorn , all tranquil as before , Which ...
How did I hope to vex a thousand eyes ! Oh glorious malice , dearer than the prize ! Yet well was taught my brow that pride serene , Which looks no triumph where no doubt had been ; That easy scorn , all tranquil as before , Which ...
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I hope my mother does not torment herself with unnecessary fears about me . I sometimes fancy how you and she will be meeting misfortune half - way , and placing me in ma- ny distressing situations . I have as yet experienced nothing ...
I hope my mother does not torment herself with unnecessary fears about me . I sometimes fancy how you and she will be meeting misfortune half - way , and placing me in ma- ny distressing situations . I have as yet experienced nothing ...
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