The Sea Lions; Or, The Lost SealersStringer & Townsend, 1849 - Sea stories |
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... stand on a base so broad as to secure its upright attitude for ages . Our Notwithstanding the general character of identity and homogenity that so strongly marks the picture of American society , exceptions are to be met with , in ...
... stand on a base so broad as to secure its upright attitude for ages . Our Notwithstanding the general character of identity and homogenity that so strongly marks the picture of American society , exceptions are to be met with , in ...
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... stand , within its limits , on the waters of what is improperly called the East River ; an arm of the sea that has obtained this appellation , in contradistinction to the Hudson , which , as all Manhattanese well know , is as often ...
... stand , within its limits , on the waters of what is improperly called the East River ; an arm of the sea that has obtained this appellation , in contradistinction to the Hudson , which , as all Manhattanese well know , is as often ...
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... standing on board ship was not as well known to all the women and girls of the place , as it was to his ship- mates . Success in taking the whale was a thing that made itself felt in every fibre of the prosperity of the town ; and it ...
... standing on board ship was not as well known to all the women and girls of the place , as it was to his ship- mates . Success in taking the whale was a thing that made itself felt in every fibre of the prosperity of the town ; and it ...
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... standing less than two miles from his residence ; but , instead of remaining for the afternoon's preaching , as was his wont , he got into his one - horse chaise , the vehicle then in universal use among the middle classes , though now ...
... standing less than two miles from his residence ; but , instead of remaining for the afternoon's preaching , as was his wont , he got into his one - horse chaise , the vehicle then in universal use among the middle classes , though now ...
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... standing in the stoop , or porch of the house , and appeared to be anxiously await- ing her uncle's return . The latter gave the reins to a black , one who was no longer a slave , but who was a de- scendant of some of the ancient slaves ...
... standing in the stoop , or porch of the house , and appeared to be anxiously await- ing her uncle's return . The latter gave the reins to a black , one who was no longer a slave , but who was a de- scendant of some of the ancient slaves ...
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Page 198 - Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Page 101 - And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve ; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
Page 64 - em to be, now, almost as useful as almanacs. Read what it says about the seasons, child." " It says, sir, that the changes in the seasons are owing to ' the inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit.
Page 102 - To prayer; — for the glorious sun is gone, And the gathering darkness of night comes on ; Like a curtain from God's kind hand it flows To shade the couch where his children repose. Then kneel, while the watching stars are bright, And give your last thoughts to the Guardian of night.
Page 33 - All that glisters is not gold, Often have you heard that told J Many a man his life hath sold But my outside to behold : Gilded tombs do worms infold.
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...