The Sea Lions: Or, the Lost SealersGeorge Routledge and Sons, 1854 - 339 páginas |
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... Hours : Full term : Monday to Friday : 9.30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Vacation : Monday to Friday 9.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday closed . The Library is closed for approx . one week at Christmas and at Easter , and ...
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... hour , of modified New England habits and notions . Now , one of the marked peculiarities of Connecticut is an indisposition to part with anything without a quid pro quo . Those little services , offerings , and conveniences that are ...
... hour , of modified New England habits and notions . Now , one of the marked peculiarities of Connecticut is an indisposition to part with anything without a quid pro quo . Those little services , offerings , and conveniences that are ...
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... hours after landing , this man had made a bargain with a middle - aged widow , in very humble circumstances , and who dwelt quite near to the residence of Deacon Pratt , to receive him as a temporary inmate ; or , until he could get a ...
... hours after landing , this man had made a bargain with a middle - aged widow , in very humble circumstances , and who dwelt quite near to the residence of Deacon Pratt , to receive him as a temporary inmate ; or , until he could get a ...
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... hours that remained for preparing for the last great change , in attempts to increase possessions that were already much more than sufficient for his wants . This consideration , in particular , deeply grieved Mary Pratt ; for she was ...
... hours that remained for preparing for the last great change , in attempts to increase possessions that were already much more than sufficient for his wants . This consideration , in particular , deeply grieved Mary Pratt ; for she was ...
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... hours . " " Yes , yes - boats ; but I'm not certain it is lawful to work boats of a Sabbath , child . " 66 ' I believe , sir , it was deemed lawful to do good on the Lord's day . " 66 Yes , if a body was certain it would do any good ...
... hours . " " Yes , yes - boats ; but I'm not certain it is lawful to work boats of a Sabbath , child . " 66 ' I believe , sir , it was deemed lawful to do good on the Lord's day . " 66 Yes , if a body was certain it would do any good ...
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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...