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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... once and went on deck . But how raw and chill it felt as I went up the companion - ladder ! A little steam - tug ahead of us was under weigh , with the " Yorkshire ” in tow . The deck was now pretty well cleared , but white with frost ...
... once and went on deck . But how raw and chill it felt as I went up the companion - ladder ! A little steam - tug ahead of us was under weigh , with the " Yorkshire ” in tow . The deck was now pretty well cleared , but white with frost ...
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... Once I was awakened by a tremendous noise outside — something like a gun going off . I afterward found it had been occasioned by the mainsail being blown away to sea , right out of the bolt - ropes , the fastenings of which were ...
... Once I was awakened by a tremendous noise outside — something like a gun going off . I afterward found it had been occasioned by the mainsail being blown away to sea , right out of the bolt - ropes , the fastenings of which were ...
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... Once inside the Breakwater , we felt ourselves in smooth water again . Going upon deck in the morning , I found our ship an- chored in the harbor , nearly opposite Mount Edgecumbe . Nothing could be more lovely than the sight that pre ...
... Once inside the Breakwater , we felt ourselves in smooth water again . Going upon deck in the morning , I found our ship an- chored in the harbor , nearly opposite Mount Edgecumbe . Nothing could be more lovely than the sight that pre ...
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... once caps it , " as they say in Yorkshire , by something still more wonderful . One of the passengers who had been at Cal- cutta , speaking of the heat there , said it was so great as to make the pitch run out of the ship's sides ...
... once caps it , " as they say in Yorkshire , by something still more wonderful . One of the passengers who had been at Cal- cutta , speaking of the heat there , said it was so great as to make the pitch run out of the ship's sides ...
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... once lowered from the davits , and went off with the doctor and the first mate . It was a hazy , sultry , tropical day , with a very slight breeze stirring , and very little sea . Our main yard was backed to pre- vent our farther ...
... once lowered from the davits , and went off with the doctor and the first mate . It was a hazy , sultry , tropical day , with a very slight breeze stirring , and very little sea . Our main yard was backed to pre- vent our farther ...
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