The Sea Lions: Or, the Lost SealersGeorge Routledge and Sons, 1854 - 339 páginas |
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... passage of these fiery trains , that drag after them a sort of bastard elegance , a pretension that is destructive of peace of mind , and an aneasy desire in all who dwell by the way - side , to pry into the the mysteries of the whole ...
... passage of these fiery trains , that drag after them a sort of bastard elegance , a pretension that is destructive of peace of mind , and an aneasy desire in all who dwell by the way - side , to pry into the the mysteries of the whole ...
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... passage , until she was herself totally lost in the West Indies , and that in a part of the ocean where she had no business to be . In consequence of these several calamities , Daggett and one more man were the sole living depositories ...
... passage , until she was herself totally lost in the West Indies , and that in a part of the ocean where she had no business to be . In consequence of these several calamities , Daggett and one more man were the sole living depositories ...
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... passages by which vessels enter or quit Long Island Sound , at its eastern termination . The main channel is between Plum and Fisher's Islands , and , from the rapidity of its currents , is known ... passage ; and it was 66 THE SEA LIONS .
... passages by which vessels enter or quit Long Island Sound , at its eastern termination . The main channel is between Plum and Fisher's Islands , and , from the rapidity of its currents , is known ... passage ; and it was 66 THE SEA LIONS .
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Or, the Lost Sealers James Fenimore Cooper. had come through this latter passage ; and it was the impression of those who saw her from the schooner , that she was bound up into Peconic , or the waters of Sag ... passage; and it was ...
Or, the Lost Sealers James Fenimore Cooper. had come through this latter passage ; and it was the impression of those who saw her from the schooner , that she was bound up into Peconic , or the waters of Sag ... passage; and it was ...
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... passage , and transmitted by the master of the brig to him cf the sloop in the course of conferences that wore away a long summer's afternoon , as two vessels lay becalmed within a hundred fathoms of each other . These sayings , however ...
... passage , and transmitted by the master of the brig to him cf the sloop in the course of conferences that wore away a long summer's afternoon , as two vessels lay becalmed within a hundred fathoms of each other . These sayings , however ...
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answered antarctic antarctic circle believe bergs berth better boat boat-steerer called camboose Cape Cape Horn Captain Daggett Captain Gar'ner chart chief mate clear coast cold consort course cove craft crew danger Deacon Pratt deck distance doubloons drift eyes feel floe gale Gardiner's hands Harbour Hazard heart hope hour island keep knew latitude leeward light Lion of Oyster look mariner Martha's Vineyard Mary Pratt master mate means miles mind nature nearly never niece night ocean once owner Oyster Pond passage passed reason render rocks Roswell Gardiner Roswell's sail schooner Sea Lion sealers seals seaman seen Shelter Island snow soon sort southward spermaceti spot Stephen Stimson stood Suffolk tell things thought uncle vessel Vineyard voyage weather whale whole wind windward winter wreck young
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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...