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There is always something fascinating about a frontier . Over there on that other bank was the vast and turbulent Republic of Mexico . A learned judge moments passed almost of un- endurable anxiety , whilst with 1927.
There is always something fascinating about a frontier . Over there on that other bank was the vast and turbulent Republic of Mexico . A learned judge moments passed almost of un- endurable anxiety , whilst with 1927.
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The hours passed , these unfamiliar surroundings and every now and again you the likes of come into caught glimpses of a silver violent contact at every turn . streak far below you : the She was 250 tons , and named rushing waters of ...
The hours passed , these unfamiliar surroundings and every now and again you the likes of come into caught glimpses of a silver violent contact at every turn . streak far below you : the She was 250 tons , and named rushing waters of ...
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schooner now drifted , but the “ You certainly have been wind was dropping ; the squall , sleeping for at least four hours , " for that was all it was , had he assured me . nearly passed . We tossed about I raised myself and walked ...
schooner now drifted , but the “ You certainly have been wind was dropping ; the squall , sleeping for at least four hours , " for that was all it was , had he assured me . nearly passed . We tossed about I raised myself and walked ...
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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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moments passed almost of un- endurable anxiety , whilst with muscles nerved to the last pitch we kept our hold on the battered ship , our hold on life itself . To - morrow , perhaps , the sun would be shining .
moments passed almost of un- endurable anxiety , whilst with muscles nerved to the last pitch we kept our hold on the battered ship , our hold on life itself . To - morrow , perhaps , the sun would be shining .
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Página 152 - Horrible, hairy, human, with paws like hands in prayer, Making his supplication rose Adam-zad the Bear! I looked at the swaying shoulders, at the paunch's swag and swing, And my heart was touched with pity for the monstrous, pleading thing.
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.
Página 285 - If an academy should be established for the cultivation of our style, which I, who can never wish to see dependence multiplied, hope the spirit of English liberty will hinder or destroy...
Página 59 - I heard three sensible middle-aged men, when the Scotch were said to be at Stamford, and actually were at Derby, talking of hiring a chaise to go to Caxton (a place in the high-road) to see the Pretender and Highlanders as they passed.
Página 516 - So sincere and so undisguised, that no mind with a spark of generosity would ever think of hurting him, he lies so open to injury. But so indolent, that if he cannot overcome this habit, all his good qualities will signify nothing at all.
Página 285 - The great pest of speech is frequency of translation. No book was ever turned from one language into another without imparting something of its native idiom...
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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.