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During his journeys into the interior of Brazil he had fallen seriously ill with malarial fever, and had been most kindly taken in and nursed by a coffee-planter and his family.
A Girl Among the Anarchists Isabel Meredith
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He was a sugar-king, a coffee-planter, a rubber pioneer, a cattle-rancher, and a promoter of three out of every four new enterprises launched in the islands.
Good Bye, Jack 1909
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The coffee-planter; or, An essay on the cultivation and manufacturing of that article of West-India produce.
All About Coffee 1909
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Once upon a time there was a coffee-planter in India who wished to clear some forest land for coffee-planting.
Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Charles Madison Curry 1906
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Once upon a time there was a coffee-planter in India who wished to clear some forest land for coffee-planting.
Life's Handicap Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Once upon a time there was a coffee-planter in India who wished to clear some forest land for coffee-planting.
The Kipling Reader Selections from the Books of Rudyard Kipling Rudyard Kipling 1900
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A month later, the young coffee-planter stood on the deck of a steamer homeward bound.
Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Successful Marriages Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1892
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I had to remain a full hour in the swimming-bath after my exertions; and the Guardsman had quite determined by night-time to "send in his papers," and settle down as a coffee-planter in this enchanting island.
Here, There and Everywhere Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892
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Born in 1873, the son of a prosperous coffee-planter of
The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force Walter Alexander Raleigh 1891
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The ship had just left one of the South American ports where the captain had gone ashore and been entertained by a coffee-planter.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists Elbert Hubbard 1885
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