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Hobart [ˈhəʊbɑːt] n
(Placename) a port in Australia, capital of the island state of Tasmania on the estuary of the Derwent: excellent natural harbour; University of Tasmania (1890). Pop.: 194 700 (1995 est.) ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations Hobart [ˈhəʊbɑːt] n → Hobart f Hobart [ˈhəʊbɑːt] n → Hobart f How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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When I returned to Hobart Town, where drink was obtainable, I drank as of old. Dumont d'Urville, commander of the Astrolabe, had then sailed, and two months after Dillon had left Vanikoro he put into Hobart Town. It must be confessed that a family likeness pervaded these respectable progeny of Drowne's skill; that the benign countenance of the king resembled those of his subjects, and that Miss Peggy Hobart, the merchant's daughter, bore a remarkable similitude to Britannia, Victory, and other ladies of the allegoric sisterhood; and, finally, that they all had a kind of wooden aspect which proved an intimate relationship with the unshaped blocks of timber in the carver's workshop. |
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