Great Sea Stories of All Nations, by Giovanni Boccaccio, David Bone, Joseph Conrad ..: And Many Others from Ancient Greece to Modern JapanHenry Major Tomlinson |
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... began to be wearie of our abode in the whale , and our tarriance there did much trouble us , we therefore set all our wits aworke to finde out some means or other to cleare us from our captivitie : first , we thought it would do well to ...
... began to be wearie of our abode in the whale , and our tarriance there did much trouble us , we therefore set all our wits aworke to finde out some means or other to cleare us from our captivitie : first , we thought it would do well to ...
Page 173
... began to Blow very hard . It was ordinary for the Wind to shift from the W. by the N. round about . So first , I order'd the Cooper to go down in Hold , and look to all our Casks ; those that were full , to mawl in the Bungs of them ...
... began to Blow very hard . It was ordinary for the Wind to shift from the W. by the N. round about . So first , I order'd the Cooper to go down in Hold , and look to all our Casks ; those that were full , to mawl in the Bungs of them ...
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... began to cleave the level , tranquil , gleaming surface of the bay . The first light now began to show the outlines of what had hitherto been a confused blackness , from Cape Quintres to Mount Cabarga ; the coast of St Martin was ...
... began to cleave the level , tranquil , gleaming surface of the bay . The first light now began to show the outlines of what had hitherto been a confused blackness , from Cape Quintres to Mount Cabarga ; the coast of St Martin was ...
Contents
LUCIAN OF SAMOTHRACEHow Lucian of Samothrace Voyaged to | 15 |
BIBLICAL LITERATURE | 46 |
ANON The Story of AbdAllah of the Land and AbdAllah of the | 53 |
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