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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... whole sea was alive , waves chasing waves and bounding over each other , crested with foam . Now and then the ship would pitch her prow into a wave even to the bulwarks , dash the billow aside , and buoyantly rise again , bowling along ...
... whole sea was alive , waves chasing waves and bounding over each other , crested with foam . Now and then the ship would pitch her prow into a wave even to the bulwarks , dash the billow aside , and buoyantly rise again , bowling along ...
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... Whole shoals of the glittering little things glide along in the air , skimming the tops of the waves . They rise to escape their pursu- ers , the bonitos , which rush after them , showing their noses above the water now and then . But ...
... Whole shoals of the glittering little things glide along in the air , skimming the tops of the waves . They rise to escape their pursu- ers , the bonitos , which rush after them , showing their noses above the water now and then . But ...
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... whole of the fellow - passengers whom he had just left on board the " Pyrmont " wanted clothes , shirts , and shoes , and were in a wretched state , having been tossed about at sea in an open boat for about nine days , during which they ...
... whole of the fellow - passengers whom he had just left on board the " Pyrmont " wanted clothes , shirts , and shoes , and were in a wretched state , having been tossed about at sea in an open boat for about nine days , during which they ...
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... whole forecastle was enveloped in flames , which ran up the rigging , lick- ing up the foresail and fore - top . The mainmast being of iron , the flames rushed through the tube as through a chimney , until it became of a white heat ...
... whole forecastle was enveloped in flames , which ran up the rigging , lick- ing up the foresail and fore - top . The mainmast being of iron , the flames rushed through the tube as through a chimney , until it became of a white heat ...
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... whole thing went off very well - indeed , much better than was expected - though I do not think the third - class passengers quite appreciated the wit of the piece . Strange to say , the greatest success of the even- ing was the one ...
... whole thing went off very well - indeed , much better than was expected - though I do not think the third - class passengers quite appreciated the wit of the piece . Strange to say , the greatest success of the even- ing was the one ...
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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.