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apparition in The Last Chance

YEAR
1905
PLACE
Western Australia
SOURCE
Project Gutenberg
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apparition in The Last Chance

great world’s great events published at breakfast time from day to day. On the other hand, to quote dear Sir Walter, “a sun-scorched desert, brown and bare”—and here come the camels to fill in the picture!’ As she spoke, a long train wound round the edge of a line of hillocks—their leader, with tur…

Record ID
2,599
Year
1,905
Source
Project Gutenberg
Index status
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Record ID
2599
Source
Project Gutenberg
Publication
The Last Chance: A Tale of the Golden West; Rolf Boldrewood
Published
1905; Project Gutenberg public-domain transcription
Narrative type
Retellings and Adaptations
Public-text label
apparition
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
Western Australia (WA): B
State or territory
WA
Source voice
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Publicness
Public Domain Public Web

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great world’s great events published at breakfast time from day to day. On the other hand, to quote dear Sir Walter, “a sun-scorched desert, brown and bare”—and here come the camels to fill in the picture!’ As she spoke, a long train wound round the edge of a line of hillocks—their leader, with turbaned attendants, adding the Eastern tone and flavour to the apparition from the underworld. ‘Thanks very much,’ said Mrs. Lilburne. ‘You are evidently destined to make a name in literature, when you elect to traverse that thorny path. What is to be the title?—for a book it must be within the year! Write while the “impulse” is fresh and.

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