A Boy's Voyage Round the World: Including a Residence in Victoria, and a Journey by Rail Across North AmericaSamuel Smiles John Murray, 1871 - 304 páginas |
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... hands , and appointing them to their differ- ent watches . Though the ship is advertised to sail this evening , the stores are by no means complete . The steward is get- ting in lots of cases ; and what a quantity of pickles ! Hens are ...
... hands , and appointing them to their differ- ent watches . Though the ship is advertised to sail this evening , the stores are by no means complete . The steward is get- ting in lots of cases ; and what a quantity of pickles ! Hens are ...
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... hands . " Let go ! " calls out the boatswain , as the cow swings in mid - air ; away rattles the chain round the wheel of ... hand , and he reaches the sloppy , slippery deck with difficulty . It is a dismal day . The sleet and rain come ...
... hands . " Let go ! " calls out the boatswain , as the cow swings in mid - air ; away rattles the chain round the wheel of ... hand , and he reaches the sloppy , slippery deck with difficulty . It is a dismal day . The sleet and rain come ...
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... hand - scrapers . On Sundays , the ropes on the poop were all neatly coiled , man - of - war fashion - not a bight out of place . The brass - work was kept as bright as a gilt button . By the time the passengers dressed and went on deck ...
... hand - scrapers . On Sundays , the ropes on the poop were all neatly coiled , man - of - war fashion - not a bight out of place . The brass - work was kept as bright as a gilt button . By the time the passengers dressed and went on deck ...
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... hands , while the middies are enthusiastic in praises of the good ship , " walking the waters like a thing of life . " The spirits of all on board are raised by several degrees . We have the pleasure of feeling ourselves bounding ...
... hands , while the middies are enthusiastic in praises of the good ship , " walking the waters like a thing of life . " The spirits of all on board are raised by several degrees . We have the pleasure of feeling ourselves bounding ...
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... hand as I was , it looks and really feels somewhat perilous at first . I was sensible of the feeling of fear or apprehension just at the moment of getting over the cross - trees . Your body hangs over in mid - air at a terrible incline ...
... hand as I was , it looks and really feels somewhat perilous at first . I was sensible of the feeling of fear or apprehension just at the moment of getting over the cross - trees . Your body hangs over in mid - air at a terrible incline ...
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