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  • Tehei and Bihaura speeded their parting guests -- captive chickens, fishes dressed and swathed in wrappings of green leaves, great golden bunches of bananas, leafy baskets spilling over with oranges and limes, alligator pears (the butter-fruit, also called the avoca), huge baskets of yams, bunches of taro and cocoanuts, and last of all, large branches and trunks of trees -- firewood for the

    Chapter 12 1911

  • Half the village was told off to carry the presents with which Tehei and Bihaura speeded their parting guests — captive chickens, fishes dressed and swathed in wrappings of green leaves, great golden bunches of bananas, leafy baskets spilling over with oranges and limes, alligator pears (the butter fruit, also called the avoca), huge baskets of yams, bunches of taro and cocoanuts, and last of all, large branches and trunks of trees — firewood for the Snark.

    "The High Seat Of Abundance" 1908

  • A savant and lawyer is Gregg, a rich South Carolina bachelor of wide literary and scientific interests, who has counted politics among his avoca tions.

    LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001

  • A savant and lawyer is Gregg, a rich South Carolina bachelor of wide literary and scientific interests, who has counted politics among his avoca tions.

    LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001

  • Offers: - Time Left: 0d 1h 30m 37s avoca. net.au (Oct 25 2008 21: 23 GMT)

    We Blog A Lot 2008

  • X HEN, whilst the Romans were thus employed, a body of the Antemnates,. taking the opportunity of this avoca - tion, make an incursion into their country.

    Roman History: Translated Into English, and Illustrated with Notes, Critical, Historical and ... Livy, William Gordon 1813

  • Though I may not have a great deal of business of consequence to do; yet I have a great many avoca - tions of one kind or another which imperceptibly consumes my time, and I know not wheather one's reluctance to writing much, does not increase with one's years.

    Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society 1792

  • Sir, — I should much sooner have done myself the honour of acknowledging the receipt of your favour of the 28 th ultimo, but the multiplicity of business at the sitting of our Assembly, and other unavoidable avoca - tions, will, I hope, apologize for the delay.

    Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society 1792

  • * which they were fummoned, fhould be diftrafted by avoca -

    Precedents of proceedings in the House of commons; with observations .. 1796

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