The Sea Lions: Or, the Lost SealersGeorge Routledge and Sons, 1854 - 339 páginas |
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... whale was a thing that made itself felt in every fibre of the prosperity of the town ; and it was just as natural ... whales he may have succeeded in " making fast to , " or those which he caused to " spout blood . " It is true , that ...
... whale was a thing that made itself felt in every fibre of the prosperity of the town ; and it was just as natural ... whales he may have succeeded in " making fast to , " or those which he caused to " spout blood . " It is true , that ...
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... whales . But , there was a dark cloud before all these glories , in the eyes of Mary Pratt , which for two years had disinclined her to listen to the young man's tale of love , which had induced her to decline accepting a hand that had ...
... whales . But , there was a dark cloud before all these glories , in the eyes of Mary Pratt , which for two years had disinclined her to listen to the young man's tale of love , which had induced her to decline accepting a hand that had ...
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... whale - boat is at the wharf , and is ready for use , at any moment . " " True , I had forgotten the whale - boat . If that is home , the doctor might be brought across at a reasonable rate ; especially if Gar'ner will volunteer . I ...
... whale - boat is at the wharf , and is ready for use , at any moment . " " True , I had forgotten the whale - boat . If that is home , the doctor might be brought across at a reasonable rate ; especially if Gar'ner will volunteer . I ...
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... whale - boat and go across , the poor man might have the benefit of the doctor's advice in the course of a few hours . " " Yes , " put in the uncle , " and I shall charge nothing for the use of the boat ; so that , if you volunteer ...
... whale - boat and go across , the poor man might have the benefit of the doctor's advice in the course of a few hours . " " Yes , " put in the uncle , " and I shall charge nothing for the use of the boat ; so that , if you volunteer ...
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... whale on the False Banks . " " Jack Thompson is so common a name , a body never knows . Besides , if he was killed by that whale , he may have told the secret to a dozen before the accident . " " There's his oath ag'in it . Jack was ...
... whale on the False Banks . " " Jack Thompson is so common a name , a body never knows . Besides , if he was killed by that whale , he may have told the secret to a dozen before the accident . " " There's his oath ag'in it . Jack was ...
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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...