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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... observed that she must have encountered very heavy weather , as part of her foremast and mainmast had been carried away . Her sides looked dirty and worn , and all her iron - work was rusty , as if she had been a long time at sea . She ...
... observed that she must have encountered very heavy weather , as part of her foremast and mainmast had been carried away . Her sides looked dirty and worn , and all her iron - work was rusty , as if she had been a long time at sea . She ...
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... observed that she was bearing down upon us . The cry of " Letters for home ! " was raised , and we hastened below to scribble a few last words , close our letters , and bring them up for the letter - bag . By this time the strange ship ...
... observed that she was bearing down upon us . The cry of " Letters for home ! " was raised , and we hastened below to scribble a few last words , close our letters , and bring them up for the letter - bag . By this time the strange ship ...
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... observed that it contained some strangers as well as our doctor , who had returned for medicines , lint , and other appliances . When the stran- gers reached the deck we found that one of them was the first officer of the unfortunate ...
... observed that it contained some strangers as well as our doctor , who had returned for medicines , lint , and other appliances . When the stran- gers reached the deck we found that one of them was the first officer of the unfortunate ...
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... observed smoke issuing from the fore - hatch - house . The cargo was on fire ! All haste was made to extinguish it . The fire - engines were set to work , passengers as well as crew working with a will , and at one time it seemed as if ...
... observed smoke issuing from the fore - hatch - house . The cargo was on fire ! All haste was made to extinguish it . The fire - engines were set to work , passengers as well as crew working with a will , and at one time it seemed as if ...
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... observe , among other things , an early tradesman's cart , drawn by a fast - trotting pony , driving along the road . More dwellings appear amid a pretty , well cultivated , rolling landscape . At length we lose sight of the shore ...
... observe , among other things , an early tradesman's cart , drawn by a fast - trotting pony , driving along the road . More dwellings appear amid a pretty , well cultivated , rolling landscape . At length we lose sight of the shore ...
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Página 226 - Clatter' as much as a few years ago they would have enjoyed the roasting of a missionary or the baking of a baby? "It was certainly a page in one's life never to be forgotten.