Voyageurs: A NovelCanongate, 2003 - 466 էջ Historisk roman. Under grænsekrigene 1812 forsvinder en engelsk kvækermissionær i den canadiske vildmark. Hendes bror drager med pelshandlerne, les voyageurs, ud på en lang rejse for om muligt at finde hende |
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Էջ 203
... thing to do or no , and still I cannot be certain . I couldn't help being curious , and naturally certain questions , ay , and possible answers too , were circling in my brain . But there the thing was , no personal letter but some kind ...
... thing to do or no , and still I cannot be certain . I couldn't help being curious , and naturally certain questions , ay , and possible answers too , were circling in my brain . But there the thing was , no personal letter but some kind ...
Էջ 356
... thing could not be done , and I reckoned that it could , and so I set myself to prove it to him . " " I thought Quakers did not indulge in Vain Sports either ? " he said to me . ' Now that was close to the bone , but he couldn't know it ...
... thing could not be done , and I reckoned that it could , and so I set myself to prove it to him . " " I thought Quakers did not indulge in Vain Sports either ? " he said to me . ' Now that was close to the bone , but he couldn't know it ...
Էջ 358
... things do , and the next thing I knew there were Lakers enquiring for me , asking me to take them up the rocks . I never told anyone at Meeting . I let them think I was a plain mountain guide , working occasionally for the likes John ...
... things do , and the next thing I knew there were Lakers enquiring for me , asking me to take them up the rocks . I never told anyone at Meeting . I let them think I was a plain mountain guide , working occasionally for the likes John ...
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