The Sea Lions: Or, the Lost SealersGeorge Routledge and Sons, 1854 - 339 páginas |
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... that distinguish the reign of Omnipotence . In this book the design has been to portray man on a novel field of action , and to exhibit his dependence on the hand that does not suffer a sparrow to fall unheeded . The PREFACE.
... that distinguish the reign of Omnipotence . In this book the design has been to portray man on a novel field of action , and to exhibit his dependence on the hand that does not suffer a sparrow to fall unheeded . The PREFACE.
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... fields , where one would think ambition and the love of change could never penetrate , being ready to quit home at twenty - four hours ' notice , assuming the marling - spike as he lays aside the fork , and setting forth for the ...
... fields , where one would think ambition and the love of change could never penetrate , being ready to quit home at twenty - four hours ' notice , assuming the marling - spike as he lays aside the fork , and setting forth for the ...
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... fields , of which many of vast size now began to make their appearance . Notwithstanding the dangers that surrounded our adventurers , they were none of them so insensible to the sublime powers of nature as to withhold their admiration ...
... fields , of which many of vast size now began to make their appearance . Notwithstanding the dangers that surrounded our adventurers , they were none of them so insensible to the sublime powers of nature as to withhold their admiration ...
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... fields , is to pro- duce comparatively still water . It must blow a gale , and that over a considerable extent of open sea , to produce much commo- tion among the fields and bergs , though that heaving and setting , which has been ...
... fields , is to pro- duce comparatively still water . It must blow a gale , and that over a considerable extent of open sea , to produce much commo- tion among the fields and bergs , though that heaving and setting , which has been ...
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... field of ice , or , it were better to say , a broad belt of bergs , lay between this stationary cloud and the schooner , though the existence of the vapour early caught Roswell's attention ; and during the hour he was aloft , conning ...
... field of ice , or , it were better to say , a broad belt of bergs , lay between this stationary cloud and the schooner , though the existence of the vapour early caught Roswell's attention ; and during the hour he was aloft , conning ...
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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 156 - all work, and no play, makes Jack a dull boy...
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...