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" ... imagined it in their power to fix themselves in the midst of plenty, on one of the finest islands in the world, where they need not labour, and where the allurements of dissipation are beyond anything that can be conceived. "
Christina, the Maid of the South Seas: A Poem - Page 263
by Mary Russell Mitford - 1811 - 332 pages
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Chambers's Miscellany of Instructive & Entertaining Tracts, Volumes 5-6

William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1869 - 530 pages
...though scarcely possible to have been foreseen, that a set of sailors, most of them void of connections, should be led away : especially when, in addition...the finest islands in the world, where they need not labour, and where the allurements of dissipation are beyond anything that can be conceived. FATE OF...
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Chambers's miscellany of instructive & entertaining tracts, Volume 5

Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1869 - 276 pages
...though scarcely possible to have been foreseen, that a set of sailors, most of them void of connections, should be led away : especially when, in addition...the midst of plenty, on one of the finest islands in theworld, where they need not labour, and where the allurements of dissipation are beyond anything...
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The book of adventure and peril

Charles Bruce (writer of tales.) - 1875 - 942 pages
...sailors, most of them void of connections, should be led away ; especially when, in addition to 320 321 such powerful inducements, they imagined it in their...the finest islands in the world, where they need not labour, and where the allurements of dissipation are beyond anything that can be conceived. The utmost,...
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The Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty

Sir John Barrow - 1876 - 422 pages
...we were sent away, ' Huzza for Otaheite ! ' was frequently heard among the mutineers. "The women of Otaheite are handsome, mild, and cheerful in their...the finest islands in the world, where they need not labour, and where the allurements of dissipation are beyond anything that can be conceived. The utmost,...
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Episodes of the sea in former days, records of suffering and saving

Episodes - 1880 - 282 pages
...Bailors — most of them void of connections — should be led away, especially when, in addition to such inducements, they imagined it in their power to fix...the finest islands in the world, where they need not labour, and where the allurements of dissipation are beyond anything that can be conceived. The utmost,...
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The eventful history of the mutiny and piratical seizure of H.M.S. Bounty ...

sir John Barrow (bart.) - 1883 - 432 pages
...we were sent away, ' Huzza for Otaheite ! ' was frequently heard among the mutineers. " The women of Otaheite are handsome, mild, and cheerful in their...the finest islands in the world, where they need not labour, and where the allurements of dissipation are beyond anything that can be conceived. The utmost,...
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Mutiny on the "Bounty!": And the Story of the Pitcairn Islanders

Alfred McFarland - 1884 - 276 pages
...that a set of sailors, most of them void of connections elsewhere, should be led away—especially when, in addition to such powerful inducements, they...the finest islands in the world, where they need not labour, and where the allurements of dissipation are beyond anything that can be conceived." (a) It...
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Mutiny in the "Bounty" and Story of the Pitcairn Islanders

Alfred McFarland - 1884 - 270 pages
...possible to have been foreseen, that a set of sailors, most of them void of connections elsewhere, should be led away — especially when, in addition...inducements, they imagined it in their power to fix Mr. Bligh had with him in the Launch. While there remained in the Bounty. Names. Stations. Names. Stations....
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The mutiny of the Bounty [abridged from W.Bligh's Narrative] and other ...

William Bligh - 1885 - 158 pages
...though scarcely possible to have been foreseen, that a set of sailors, most of them void of connections, should be led away : especially when, in addition...the finest islands in the world, where they need not labour. My first determination was to seek a supply of bread-fruit and water at Tofoa, and afterwards...
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Stories of the sea in former days, narratives of wreck and rescue

Stories - 1885 - 306 pages
...sailors — most of them void of connections — should be led away, especially when, in addition to such inducements, they imagined it in their power to fix...the finest islands in the world, where they need not labour, and where the allurements of dissipation are beyond anything that can be conceived. The utmost,...
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