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... coming . The gulls don't want the mullet ; they want the minnows that are milling about in alarm as the larger fish move through the shallows . The mullet are coming down just outside the breakers , travelling about as fast as a man ...
... coming . The gulls don't want the mullet ; they want the minnows that are milling about in alarm as the larger fish move through the shallows . The mullet are coming down just outside the breakers , travelling about as fast as a man ...
Page 233
... coming down in torrents . When the watch came up we wore ship and stood on the other tack , in towards land . When we came up again , which was at four in the morning , it was very dark , and there was not much wind , but it was raining ...
... coming down in torrents . When the watch came up we wore ship and stood on the other tack , in towards land . When we came up again , which was at four in the morning , it was very dark , and there was not much wind , but it was raining ...
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... coming down to us , and feeling the breeze drop to a calm almost ; but afterwards others , too , rose , one after another , and by and by I had all my crew behind me . I turned round and said to them that they could see the ship was coming ...
... coming down to us , and feeling the breeze drop to a calm almost ; but afterwards others , too , rose , one after another , and by and by I had all my crew behind me . I turned round and said to them that they could see the ship was coming ...
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A. C. SWINBURNE aboord ALFRED LORD TENNYSON aloft anchor astern beach Bird blowing boat bows breakers broken calm captain clouds coast course crew cried Cruiser danger dark dead deck deep drowned EDMUND SPENSER eyes feet fell fish fleet foam Fu-Kien gale gone H. M. TOMLINSON hand harbour head heart HERMAN MELVILLE HILAIRE BELLOC hour island JOHN KEATS JOHN MASEFIELD JOSHUA SLOCUM knew land light looked Lord mainsail mast master mate Messrs miles Moby Dick moon morning never night oars ocean Odysseus once overboard passed port R. H. DANA rain reef rigging river roar rock rolled round running sail sailors sand seamen seemed ship ship's shippe shore side sight spray storm suddenly swell things thou thought tide took topsail turned unto vessel voyage watch waves weather WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE wind wreck yards