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It was still dark , but been loaded . Now for the people were moving about on human freight . Down in the deck , even the passengers , pre- cage , twenty minutes of swayparing for the ordeal of landing ing and tossing , and up again in ...
It was still dark , but been loaded . Now for the people were moving about on human freight . Down in the deck , even the passengers , pre- cage , twenty minutes of swayparing for the ordeal of landing ing and tossing , and up again in ...
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... some twelve hours , most of which is through the sweltering heat of the coastlands between those seven silent gods , and in the distance , hidden only by the forest lands , the placid face of the ocean . It was dark when we arrived ...
... some twelve hours , most of which is through the sweltering heat of the coastlands between those seven silent gods , and in the distance , hidden only by the forest lands , the placid face of the ocean . It was dark when we arrived ...
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Chatsworth and I were put- Well , a breeze sprang up at ting the final touches to our last , and we sailed boldly past packing when a little native the pier and out into the bay . boy announced that Mr It was now quite dark , and we ...
Chatsworth and I were put- Well , a breeze sprang up at ting the final touches to our last , and we sailed boldly past packing when a little native the pier and out into the bay . boy announced that Mr It was now quite dark , and we ...
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The ship was he smiled sheepishly . now shrouded in total dark- Yes , and if you don't , ” I ness . I looked at my watch- shouted back to him , we may 5 A.M. Two long and fearful go under . ” hours had passed . It will be “ I'll try .
The ship was he smiled sheepishly . now shrouded in total dark- Yes , and if you don't , ” I ness . I looked at my watch- shouted back to him , we may 5 A.M. Two long and fearful go under . ” hours had passed . It will be “ I'll try .
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... dark green , light green , lighter , and once again the roar of wind and sea . I lay still in the trough , and waited for the next . Then on again as each successive racing monster , with their long sloping bodies and curly heads ...
... dark green , light green , lighter , and once again the roar of wind and sea . I lay still in the trough , and waited for the next . Then on again as each successive racing monster , with their long sloping bodies and curly heads ...
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Página 283 - How then shall any man, who has a genius for history equal to the best of the ancients, be able to undertake such a work with spirit and cheerfulness, when he considers that he will be read with pleasure but a very few years, and, in an age or two, shall hardly be understood without an interpreter?
Página 282 - ... that our language is extremely imperfect ; that its daily ' improvements are by no means in proportion to v its daily corruptions ; that the pretenders to polish and refine it, have chiefly multiplied abuses and absurdities ; and that in many instances it offends against every part of grammar.
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Página 60 - The populace, at first, did not interrupt him, conceiving our army to be near the town ; but as soon as they knew that it would not arrive till the evening, they surrounded him in a tumultuous manner, with the intention of taking him prisoner, alive or dead.
Página 155 - Westminster Hall ; for many people think, if once they have fetched a warrant from a justice, they have given earnest to follow the suit, though otherwise the matter be so mean that the next night's sleep would have bound both parties to the peace, and made them as good friends as ever before.