The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... shores of Hialtland with all the feudal haughti- ness of a regular baronial mansion , appearing to mock the humble habitations of the ancient udallers . It is said that when the pious minister of the parish came to pay his respects to ...
... shores of Hialtland with all the feudal haughti- ness of a regular baronial mansion , appearing to mock the humble habitations of the ancient udallers . It is said that when the pious minister of the parish came to pay his respects to ...
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... shore , and all our efforts to draw them away from such allure- ments as held them enthralled proved unavailing , until we hit upon a plan which soon brought them to their senses . We declared our intention of sailing at a certain hour ...
... shore , and all our efforts to draw them away from such allure- ments as held them enthralled proved unavailing , until we hit upon a plan which soon brought them to their senses . We declared our intention of sailing at a certain hour ...
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... shores about , And in this wandering maze help to conduct us out , — Wise Genius ! by thy help , that so we may descry How thy fair mountains stand , and how thy valleys lie . " We need hardly , then , dilate upon the run our schooner ...
... shores about , And in this wandering maze help to conduct us out , — Wise Genius ! by thy help , that so we may descry How thy fair mountains stand , and how thy valleys lie . " We need hardly , then , dilate upon the run our schooner ...
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... shore , that we began to breathe in security . One of the Shetlanders , who hailed from some place close by , informed us of the wreck of a steamer he had witnessed ; she was coming here in very thick weather , and suddenly struck these ...
... shore , that we began to breathe in security . One of the Shetlanders , who hailed from some place close by , informed us of the wreck of a steamer he had witnessed ; she was coming here in very thick weather , and suddenly struck these ...
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... shore got drunk and grew sober to get drunk again as long as the intoxicating beve- rages intended for the trade in the far east , supplied their thirsty souls . The Earl of Morton , a great local potentate in those days , got together ...
... shore got drunk and grew sober to get drunk again as long as the intoxicating beve- rages intended for the trade in the far east , supplied their thirsty souls . The Earl of Morton , a great local potentate in those days , got together ...
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