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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... rise again , bowling along , though under moderate sail , be- cause of the force of the gale . The sea has some sad sights , of which one shortly pre- sented itself . About midday the captain sighted a ves- sel at some distance off on ...
... rise again , bowling along , though under moderate sail , be- cause of the force of the gale . The sea has some sad sights , of which one shortly pre- sented itself . About midday the captain sighted a ves- sel at some distance off on ...
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... rise to escape their pursu- ers , the bonitos , which rush after them , showing their noses above the water now and then . But the poor fly- ing fish have their enemies above the waters as well as under them , for they no sooner rise ...
... rise to escape their pursu- ers , the bonitos , which rush after them , showing their noses above the water now and then . But the poor fly- ing fish have their enemies above the waters as well as under them , for they no sooner rise ...
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... rise with the breeze , and we again begin to think of getting up some entertainments on board ; for , though we have run some 4800 miles from Plymouth , we have still some fifty days before us ere we expect to see Melbourne . One thing ...
... rise with the breeze , and we again begin to think of getting up some entertainments on board ; for , though we have run some 4800 miles from Plymouth , we have still some fifty days before us ere we expect to see Melbourne . One thing ...
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... rise , but in the tropics it is not nearly so fine at its rising as at its setting . A ship was announced as being in sight , with a signal flying to speak with us . We were sailing along under a favorable breeze , but our captain put ...
... rise , but in the tropics it is not nearly so fine at its rising as at its setting . A ship was announced as being in sight , with a signal flying to speak with us . We were sailing along under a favorable breeze , but our captain put ...
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... rise up ; then low banks of sand , flat tracts of bush , and , slightly elevated above them , occa- sional tracts of clear yellow space . Gradually rising up in the west , distant hills come in sight ; and toward the north an undulating ...
... rise up ; then low banks of sand , flat tracts of bush , and , slightly elevated above them , occa- sional tracts of clear yellow space . Gradually rising up in the west , distant hills come in sight ; and toward the north an undulating ...
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