Vulgar words in Following the Equator, Part 2 (Page 1)
This book at a glance
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The Botanical Gardens-Contributions from all Countries-The Zoological Gardens of Adelaide-The Laughing Jackass-The Dingo-A Misnamed Province-Telegraphing from Melbourne to San Francisco-A Mania for Holidays-The Temperature-The Death Rate-Celebration of the Reading of the Proclamation of 1836-Some old Settlers at the Commemoration-Their Staying Powers-The Intelligence of the Aboriginal-The Antiquity of the Boomerang CHAPTER IX.
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To your Samson was given supernatural power, and when he broke the withes, and slew the thousands with the jawbone of an ass, and carried away the gate's of the city upon his shoulders, you were amazed-and also awed, for you recognized the divine source of his strength.
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In the Zoological Gardens of Adelaide I saw the only laughing jackass that ever showed any disposition to be courteous to me.
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No amount of horse-racing can damn this community.