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Richardson, Parkyns, Johnstone, give it as their opinion, that the European, once acclimated, bears the heat of the African deserts better than the native negro.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 Various
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Parkyns, among the little greenish-gray monkeys of Tigré, enjoyed a treat to make the mouth of our young imagination water.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 Various
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"Fui" was the motto of the Cardinnocks, who held Tremenhuel before it passed to the Parkyns.
I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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How did Tremenhuel come into the hands of the Parkyns?
I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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As Parkyns (II., 41) tells us, he is never allowed to see his intended wife even for a moment, unless he can bribe some female friend to arrange it so he can get a peep at her by concealing himself; but if the girl discovers him she covers her face, screams, runs away, and hides.
Primitive Love and Love-Stories Henry Theophilus Finck 1890
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Parkyns, who passed many years in Abyssinia and the countries of the
Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development Francis Galton 1866
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Parkyns, Mansfield, Mr. Party, to organise (see Organising an Expedition).
The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Francis Galton 1866
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At White Webbs, she passed as Mrs Perkins or Parkyns, a widow lady, and the sister of Mr Mease.
It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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Parkyns, who had formerly been so well received by his father.
In the Heart of Africa Samuel White Baker 1857
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"Listen, Parkyns, too," he said, "for you have not heard the whole."
The King's Highway 1830
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