The Sea Lions; Or, The Lost SealersStringer & Townsend, 1849 - Sea stories |
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... close vicinity of the district to salt water , the airs from the sea being broken , or somewhat tempered , by the land that lay to the southward . We have spoken of the coasters that ply between the emporium and all the creeks and bays ...
... close vicinity of the district to salt water , the airs from the sea being broken , or somewhat tempered , by the land that lay to the southward . We have spoken of the coasters that ply between the emporium and all the creeks and bays ...
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... close was the gripe of his hand , when he found himself in its grasp ; but there is a way of prac- tising the most ruthless extortion , that serves not only to deceive the world , but which would really seem to mislead the extortioner ...
... close was the gripe of his hand , when he found himself in its grasp ; but there is a way of prac- tising the most ruthless extortion , that serves not only to deceive the world , but which would really seem to mislead the extortioner ...
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... close estimate of the value of services rendered . So marked , indeed , is this practice of looking for requitals , that even the language is infected with it . Thus , should a person pass a few months by invitation with a friend , his ...
... close estimate of the value of services rendered . So marked , indeed , is this practice of looking for requitals , that even the language is infected with it . Thus , should a person pass a few months by invitation with a friend , his ...
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... close his eyes in the place where they had first been opened to the light of day . He had persuaded the commander of the craft mentioned , to bring him from the West Indies , and to put him ashore as related , the Vineyard being only a ...
... close his eyes in the place where they had first been opened to the light of day . He had persuaded the commander of the craft mentioned , to bring him from the West Indies , and to put him ashore as related , the Vineyard being only a ...
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... close at the succeeding sunset , prevailing among most of the people of Suffolk , the Episcopalians forming nearly all the exceptions to the usage . Sunday evening , conséquently , was in great request for visits , it being the ...
... close at the succeeding sunset , prevailing among most of the people of Suffolk , the Episcopalians forming nearly all the exceptions to the usage . Sunday evening , conséquently , was in great request for visits , it being the ...
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Page 105 - And I have loved thee, Ocean ! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wantoned with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here.
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Page 88 - Beside the Moldau's rushing stream, With the wan moon overhead, There stood, as in an awful dream, The army of the dead. White as a sea-fog, landward bound, The spectral camp was seen, And, with a sorrowful, deep sound, The river flowed between. No other voice nor sound was there, No drum, nor sentry's pace ; The mist-like banners clasped the air, As clouds with clouds embrace. But, when the old cathedral bell Proclaimed...