The Sea Lions: Or, the Lost SealersGeorge Routledge and Sons, 1854 - 339 páginas |
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... Pratt was observant , and of a mind so constituted , that its observations usually led her to safe and accurate deductions . Great was the surprise of all on the Point when it became known that Deacon Pratt had purchased and put into ...
... Pratt was observant , and of a mind so constituted , that its observations usually led her to safe and accurate deductions . Great was the surprise of all on the Point when it became known that Deacon Pratt had purchased and put into ...
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... Pratt engaged him as master of the new schooner , which had been already named the " Sea Lion " or " Sea Lyon , " as Roswell some- times affected to spell the word , in honour of his old progenitor , the engineer . Mary Pratt had noted ...
... Pratt engaged him as master of the new schooner , which had been already named the " Sea Lion " or " Sea Lyon , " as Roswell some- times affected to spell the word , in honour of his old progenitor , the engineer . Mary Pratt had noted ...
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... 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 now been offered to her , with a seaman's ardour , a seaman's frankness , and a ...
... 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 now been offered to her , with a seaman's ardour , a seaman's frankness , and a ...
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... Pratt at all opposed to the connection ; on the contrary , he appeared rather to favour it . As The objections came solely from Mary , whose heart was nearly ready to break each time that she was required to urge them . for the uncle ...
... Pratt at all opposed to the connection ; on the contrary , he appeared rather to favour it . As The objections came solely from Mary , whose heart was nearly ready to break each time that she was required to urge them . for the uncle ...
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... Pratt's worldly effects would eventually go to help propagate the gospel . Such was the state of things when the deacon returned from meeting , as related in the opening chapter . At his niece's suggestion of sending to the harbour for ...
... Pratt's worldly effects would eventually go to help propagate the gospel . Such was the state of things when the deacon returned from meeting , as related in the opening chapter . At his niece's suggestion of sending to the harbour for ...
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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 skins snow soon sort southward spermaceti spot Stephen Stimson stood Suffolk tell things thought uncle vessel Vineyard voyage weather whale whole widow White 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...