The Sea Lions: Or, the Lost SealersGeorge Routledge and Sons, 1854 - 339 páginas |
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... passed half a life in the endeavour to push his discoveries into those remote and frozen regions . He bears the name of the most distinguished of the philosophers of this country ; and nature has stamped on his features - by one of ...
... passed half a life in the endeavour to push his discoveries into those remote and frozen regions . He bears the name of the most distinguished of the philosophers of this country ; and nature has stamped on his features - by one of ...
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... passing remark in our delineations of national customs . Our present purpose leads us into one of these secluded districts , and it may be well to commence the narrative of certain deeply interesting incidents that it is our intention ...
... passing remark in our delineations of national customs . Our present purpose leads us into one of these secluded districts , and it may be well to commence the narrative of certain deeply interesting incidents that it is our intention ...
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... passing too rapidly from the gristle into the bone , any longer to suffer antics of this nature to be played in front of his cradle . But such was not his condition in the war of 1812 , and the good people of Oyster Pond had become ...
... passing too rapidly from the gristle into the bone , any longer to suffer antics of this nature to be played in front of his cradle . But such was not his condition in the war of 1812 , and the good people of Oyster Pond had become ...
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... passing away , as priests and bishops are apt to do , with more or less of the savour of godliness . The other species are purely laymen , and are sui generis . They are , ex officio , the most pious men in a neighbourhood , as they ...
... passing away , as priests and bishops are apt to do , with more or less of the savour of godliness . The other species are purely laymen , and are sui generis . They are , ex officio , the most pious men in a neighbourhood , as they ...
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... passing receipts " on quitting , for one to stay any time in a New England dwelling , unless prepared to pay for his board . The free and frank habits that prevail among relatives and friends elsewhere , are nearly unknown there , every ...
... passing receipts " on quitting , for one to stay any time in a New England dwelling , unless prepared to pay for his board . The free and frank habits that prevail among relatives and friends elsewhere , are nearly unknown there , every ...
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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...