Ready, o ready!, or These forty years. By the captain of the 'Cumberland'.1873 |
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... feet in length , hanging at right angles to them , and the whole space between the masts filled up with a mass of ropes interlacing and crossing one another at every conceivable angle . I was reflecting , with my partial knowledge that ...
... feet in length , hanging at right angles to them , and the whole space between the masts filled up with a mass of ropes interlacing and crossing one another at every conceivable angle . I was reflecting , with my partial knowledge that ...
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Ready. of sail , amounting to twenty thousand square feet of canvas , came down with a simultaneous crash as the halyards were let go . Each in- dividual sail seemed to double itself up into festoons , and the next moment disappeared ...
Ready. of sail , amounting to twenty thousand square feet of canvas , came down with a simultaneous crash as the halyards were let go . Each in- dividual sail seemed to double itself up into festoons , and the next moment disappeared ...
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... feet , the wonderfullest Earth , with her winter snow - storms and her summer spice - airs ; and , unaccountablest of all , himself standing there . ' Then his heart would be set glowing with the love of Truth , of Duty , Faith , Valour ...
... feet , the wonderfullest Earth , with her winter snow - storms and her summer spice - airs ; and , unaccountablest of all , himself standing there . ' Then his heart would be set glowing with the love of Truth , of Duty , Faith , Valour ...
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Ready. trembled , streams of red - hot lava flowed past our feet , the lurid light from the flaming cone lit up the darkness of the night , and the terrific rumbling and subterranean thunder at each dis- charge made us all stand awe ...
Ready. trembled , streams of red - hot lava flowed past our feet , the lurid light from the flaming cone lit up the darkness of the night , and the terrific rumbling and subterranean thunder at each dis- charge made us all stand awe ...
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... feet out of water . It was quite a calm , and , to those who did not belong to the ship , was an interesting thing to witness . The ice was only three feet thick , there was no violent commotion ; in fact , one could hardly see that it ...
... feet out of water . It was quite a calm , and , to those who did not belong to the ship , was an interesting thing to witness . The ice was only three feet thick , there was no violent commotion ; in fact , one could hardly see that it ...
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Página 117 - When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
Página 5 - The book for all boys in whom the love of travel and adventure is strong. They will find here plenty to amuse them and much to instruct them besides.
Página 202 - Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the mighty One of Israel.
Página 16 - The chapters are so lively in themselves, so mingled with shrewd views of human nature, so full of illustrative anecdotes, that the reader cannot fail to be amused.
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Página 7 - ... attire, are brought nearer to us, become intelligible to us, and teach us lessons of humanity which we can learn from men only, and not from saints and heroes. Here lies the real value of real history. It widens our minds and our hearts, and gives us that true knowledge of the world and of human nature In all its phases which but few can gain in the short span of their own life, and in the narrow sphere of their friends and enemies. We can hardly imagine a better book for boys to read or for...