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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Page 351
... hope and confidence would rise . again as our boat rose to a wave and tossed aside the crest in a sparkling shower like the play of prismatic colours at the foot of a waterfall . My double - barrelled gun and some cartridges had been ...
... hope and confidence would rise . again as our boat rose to a wave and tossed aside the crest in a sparkling shower like the play of prismatic colours at the foot of a waterfall . My double - barrelled gun and some cartridges had been ...
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... hope . This hope arose partly from memory , and partly from present observation . I called to mind the great variety of buoyant matter that strewed the coast of Lofoden , having been absorbed and then thrown forth by the Moskoe - strom ...
... hope . This hope arose partly from memory , and partly from present observation . I called to mind the great variety of buoyant matter that strewed the coast of Lofoden , having been absorbed and then thrown forth by the Moskoe - strom ...
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... hope , and leaving the shore went back to the village utterly heart - broken . That awful night ! There still rings in my ears the heart - rending sobs of unhappy wives and of children crying for their father . The village looked drear ...
... hope , and leaving the shore went back to the village utterly heart - broken . That awful night ! There still rings in my ears the heart - rending sobs of unhappy wives and of children crying for their father . The village looked drear ...
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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