The Sea Lions: Or, the Lost SealersGeorge Routledge and Sons, 1854 - 339 páginas |
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... turning them to account , they had made Deacon Pratt a warm man for Suffolk . There are two great species of deacons ; for we suppose they must all be referred to the same genera . One species belong to the priesthood , and become ...
... turning them to account , they had made Deacon Pratt a warm man for Suffolk . There are two great species of deacons ; for we suppose they must all be referred to the same genera . One species belong to the priesthood , and become ...
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... turn round to reply , as is said to be the case in other regions ; one half answering to the one appel- lation , and the second half to the other . The deacon had two ob- jections to yielding to his niece's earnest request ; the expense ...
... turn round to reply , as is said to be the case in other regions ; one half answering to the one appel- lation , and the second half to the other . The deacon had two ob- jections to yielding to his niece's earnest request ; the expense ...
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... to him than was the entire disinterestedness of the last . He gazed a moment , in fervent admiration , at Mary ; then he turned to the deacon , and professed his readiness to " volunteer . " Knowing the 20 THE SEA LIONS .
... to him than was the entire disinterestedness of the last . He gazed a moment , in fervent admiration , at Mary ; then he turned to the deacon , and professed his readiness to " volunteer . " Knowing the 20 THE SEA LIONS .
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... turn out as you say , a good voyage will she make . All interested in her will have reasor to rejoice . I see but one thing needful just now , and that is that you should give me the chart at once , in order that I may study it well ...
... turn out as you say , a good voyage will she make . All interested in her will have reasor to rejoice . I see but one thing needful just now , and that is that you should give me the chart at once , in order that I may study it well ...
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... turned up his nose in contempt at many of their ways , and at much of their real ignorance ; but , when it came to the drag , or to the oar , or to holding out in bad weather , or to any of the more manly qualities of the business , he ...
... turned up his nose in contempt at many of their ways , and at much of their real ignorance ; but , when it came to the drag , or to the oar , or to holding out in bad weather , or to any of the more manly qualities of the business , he ...
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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 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...