Sketches of Naval Life with Notices of Men, Manners and Scenery on the Shores of the Mediterranean in a Series of Letters from the Brandywine and Constitution Frigates, Volumen 1H. Howe, 1829 - 301 páginas |
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Página 198 - ... it flooded in its whole extent. I ascended to the next : the rain came down in torrents, but I did not feel it, so deeply absorbing was the scene. I wish I could describe it. The sky was in a constant blaze : the sea was not high, but the waves were broken, confused and foaming, and taking from the lightning an unnatural hue.
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Página 283 - Does a healthy labouring man need alcohol ? No more than he needs arsenic, corrosive sublimate, or opium. The experiment has been made a thousand times, and the result is well known, namely, that more labour can be accomplished in a month or a year, under the influence of simple nourishing food and unstimulating drink, than through the aid of alcohol...
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