The Sea Lions: Or, the Lost SealersGeorge Routledge and Sons, 1854 - 339 páginas |
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... close vi- cinity of the district to salt water , the airs from the sea being broken , or somewhat tempered , by the land that lay to the southward . We have spoken of the coasters that ply between the emporium and all the creeks and ...
... close vi- cinity of the district to salt water , the airs from the sea being broken , or somewhat tempered , by the land that lay to the southward . We have spoken of the coasters that ply between the emporium and all the creeks and ...
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... close was the gripe of his hand , when he found himself in its grasp ; but there is a way of practising the most ruthless extortion , that serves not only to deceive the world , but which would really seem to mislead the extortioner ...
... close was the gripe of his hand , when he found himself in its grasp ; but there is a way of practising the most ruthless extortion , that serves not only to deceive the world , but which would really seem to mislead the extortioner ...
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... close estimate of the value of services rendered . So marked , indeed , is this practice of boking for requitals , that even the language is infected with it . Thus , should a person pass a few months by invitation with a friend , his ...
... close estimate of the value of services rendered . So marked , indeed , is this practice of boking for requitals , that even the language is infected with it . Thus , should a person pass a few months by invitation with a friend , his ...
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... close his eyes in the plar where they had first been opened to the light of day . He haa persuaded the commander of the craft mentioned , to bring him from the West Indies , and to put him ashore as related , the Vineyard being only a ...
... close his eyes in the plar where they had first been opened to the light of day . He haa persuaded the commander of the craft mentioned , to bring him from the West Indies , and to put him ashore as related , the Vineyard being only a ...
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... close at the succeeding sunset , prevailing among most of the people of Suffolk , the Episcopalians forming nearly all the exceptions to the usage . Sunday evening , consequently , was in great request for visits , it being the ...
... close at the succeeding sunset , prevailing among most of the people of Suffolk , the Episcopalians forming nearly all the exceptions to the usage . Sunday evening , consequently , was in great request for visits , it being the ...
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Página 75 - 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.
Página 212 - 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.
Página 72 - 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, t or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Página 87 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed...
Página 212 - 'arth's orbit has an inclination towards changes,' you say." "The changes in the seasons, sir, are owing to 'the inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit.
Página 64 - WALK in the light ! so shalt thou know That fellowship of love, His Spirit only can bestow, Who reigns in light above. 2 Walk in the light...