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... escape into it : it is all a question of redressing the balance . Older generations were close enough to the ... escaping from it , a way taken by , it seems , a growing number of men and women every year , is by going to sea : not , to ...
... escape into it : it is all a question of redressing the balance . Older generations were close enough to the ... escaping from it , a way taken by , it seems , a growing number of men and women every year , is by going to sea : not , to ...
Page 34
... escape . The ropes held by fishermen on the shore have been drawn in so that the netting wall extends into water too shallow for a fish to swim . They run seaward , but meet the circle of the net that is growing smaller , foot by foot ...
... escape . The ropes held by fishermen on the shore have been drawn in so that the netting wall extends into water too shallow for a fish to swim . They run seaward , but meet the circle of the net that is growing smaller , foot by foot ...
Page 107
... escape it , ought to remind us how much we have to answer for if we neglect our duty . The lives of a whole ship's company may be sacrificed by the neglect or incompetence of an officer when in harbour . I will pay you the compliment ...
... escape it , ought to remind us how much we have to answer for if we neglect our duty . The lives of a whole ship's company may be sacrificed by the neglect or incompetence of an officer when in harbour . I will pay you the compliment ...
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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