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O Guarani 16.14 · 16.14

A fisherman's son in the backlands

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Eis a razão por que o filho de um pescador, saído das lagunas de Veneza, achava-se no sertão do Rio de Janeiro, encostado ao esteio de um pouso, contemplando a tempestade que redobrava de furor.

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This is the reason why the son of a fisherman, come out of the lagoons of Venice, found himself in the backlands of Rio de Janeiro, leaning against the post of a waystation, contemplating the storm that redoubled its fury.

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