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... morning when the weather was serene , though the sky was rather cloudy and a slight wind prevailed , there was seen at Eyrarbakki a black cloud coming from the mountains in the north - east , and descend- Natural history . ing obliquely ...
... morning when the weather was serene , though the sky was rather cloudy and a slight wind prevailed , there was seen at Eyrarbakki a black cloud coming from the mountains in the north - east , and descend- Natural history . ing obliquely ...
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... morning of June 15th . " How so ? You have not been on deck . " " I've looked through the port - hole though . Ay ! I guess you seem pretty well streaked , young man ; now , if - you- please , your five shillings . " Confound the Yankee ...
... morning of June 15th . " How so ? You have not been on deck . " " I've looked through the port - hole though . Ay ! I guess you seem pretty well streaked , young man ; now , if - you- please , your five shillings . " Confound the Yankee ...
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... morning was beautiful ; full in front , Hjörleif's Head , a bluff of dark rock , seven hundred feet high , stood up proudly from a low , repulsive plain of volcanic dust . We could dis- tinguish the smoke from a little farm on the top ...
... morning was beautiful ; full in front , Hjörleif's Head , a bluff of dark rock , seven hundred feet high , stood up proudly from a low , repulsive plain of volcanic dust . We could dis- tinguish the smoke from a little farm on the top ...
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... morning sun ; the black burnt crags , so steep that snow will not veil them , but only festoon their heads , now mellowed in the fresh beam of dawn ; the tremulous blue sea flickering along the sand flats , and frothing about the ...
... morning sun ; the black burnt crags , so steep that snow will not veil them , but only festoon their heads , now mellowed in the fresh beam of dawn ; the tremulous blue sea flickering along the sand flats , and frothing about the ...
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... morning after a night of storm on the coast of Norway , the servants ran into the hall of a wealthy bonder , named Thorfin , to inform him that , during the night , a ship had been wrecked off the coast , and that the crew and ...
... morning after a night of storm on the coast of Norway , the servants ran into the hall of a wealthy bonder , named Thorfin , to inform him that , during the night , a ship had been wrecked off the coast , and that the crew and ...
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