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Imperial Desire: Dissident Sexualities and Colonial Literature - Page 11
by Philip Holden, Richard R. Ruppel - 2003 - 335 pages
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The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner

Daniel Defoe - Castaways - 1899 - 362 pages
...had all the sweetness and softness of an European in his countenance too, especially when he smiled. His hair was long and black, not curled like wool...vivacity and sparkling sharpness in his eyes. The color of his skin was not quite black, but very tawny ; and yet not of an ugly, yellow, nauseous tawny,...
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Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History Critical ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1902 - 860 pages
...had all the sweetness and softness of an European in his countenance too, especially when he smiled. His hair was long and black, not curled like wool...yet not of an ugly, yellow, nauseous tawny, as the Brazilians an;l Virginians, and other natives of America are, but of a bright kind of a dun olive colour,...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature, Volume 2

Robert Chambers - American literature - 1902 - 864 pages
...had all the sweetness and softness of an Kuropean in his countenance too, especially when he smiled. N8|еd ¹~ $ei L L G ɠb 2 ~ f f2$k< O r l% +m O Q (" ïivacity and sparkling sharpness in his eyes. The colour of his skin was not quite black, but very...
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The Works of Daniel Defoe: The life and strange adventures of Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe, Howard Maynadier - 1903 - 384 pages
...had all the sweetness and softness of an European in his countenance too, especially when he smiled. His hair was long and black, not curled like wool...yet not of an ugly, yellow, nauseous tawny, as the Brazilians and Virginians, and other natives of America are, but of a bright kind of a dun olive colour,...
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The Works of Daniel Defoe: The life and strange adventures of Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe, Howard Maynadier - 1903 - 404 pages
...had all the sweetness and softness of an European in his countenance too, especially when he smiled. His hair was long and black, not curled like wool...yet not of an ugly, yellow, nauseous tawny, as the Brazilians and Virginians, and other natives of America are, but of a bright kind of a dun olive colour,...
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The Works of Daniel Defoe, Volumes 1-2

Daniel Defoe - 1903 - 718 pages
...had all the sweetness and softness of an European in his countenance too, especially when he smiled. His hair was long and black, not curled like wool...yet not of an ugly, yellow, nauseous tawny, as the Brazilians and Virginians, and other natives of America are, but of a bright kind of a dun olive colour,...
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The Art of Writing & Speaking the English Language

Sherwin Cody - English language - 1903 - 136 pages
...fellow, with straight; strong limbs. He had a very good countenance, not a fierce and surly appearance. His hair was long and black, not curled like wool; his forehead was very high and large; and the color of his skin was not quite black, but tawny. His face was round...
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The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe - 1904 - 266 pages
...not too large, tall, and, as I reckon, about twenty-six years of age. He had a very good countenance. His hair was long and black, not curled like wool ; his forehead high and large ; and a great vivacity and sparkling sharpness in his eyes. The color of his skin was...
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The Works of Daniel Defoe...: The life and strange adventures of Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe - 1905 - 394 pages
...had all the sweetness and softness of an European in his countenance too, especially when he smiled. His hair was long and black, not curled like wool...yet not of an ugly, yellow, nauseous tawny, as the Brazilians and Virginians, and other natives of America are, but of a bright kind of a dun olive colour,...
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The Children's Hour: Stories from seven old favorites

Eva March Tappan - Children's poetry - 1907 - 494 pages
...had all the sweetness and softness of an European in his countenance too, especially when he smiled. His hair was long and black, not curled like wool;...vivacity and sparkling sharpness in his eyes. The color of his skin was not quite black, but very tawny; and yet not of an ugly, yellow, nauseous tawny,...
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