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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... hour passed , during which Dantès , excited by the feeling of freedom , continued to cleave the waves . " Let us see , " said he , " I have swum above an hour , but as the wind is against me , that has retarded my speed ; however , if I ...
... hour passed , during which Dantès , excited by the feeling of freedom , continued to cleave the waves . " Let us see , " said he , " I have swum above an hour , but as the wind is against me , that has retarded my speed ; however , if I ...
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... hour , without the frigate gaining four yards on the cetacean . It was quite evident she would never reach it at ... hour . But the animal went eighteen and five- tenths an hour too . During another hour the frigate kept up that speed ...
... hour , without the frigate gaining four yards on the cetacean . It was quite evident she would never reach it at ... hour . But the animal went eighteen and five- tenths an hour too . During another hour the frigate kept up that speed ...
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... hour of midnight , we set sail , making the course auster , which the lavantine mariners call Siroc , entering into ... hour of perishing ; and when that holy light was going away from us it gave out so great a brilliancy in the eyes of ...
... hour of midnight , we set sail , making the course auster , which the lavantine mariners call Siroc , entering into ... hour of perishing ; and when that holy light was going away from us it gave out so great a brilliancy in the eyes of ...
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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