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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... mind that the moorings of a man's intellects are not the strength they might be . Yet I was still strong and kept a hard grip on my wambling mind , but the mate's mind was gone and he tore away his shirt and I saw the great frame of the ...
... mind that the moorings of a man's intellects are not the strength they might be . Yet I was still strong and kept a hard grip on my wambling mind , but the mate's mind was gone and he tore away his shirt and I saw the great frame of the ...
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... mind to hope no more , I got rid of a great deal of that terror which unmanned me at first . I supposed it was despair that strung my nerves . " It may look like boasting - but what I tell you is the truth - I began to reflect how ...
... mind to hope no more , I got rid of a great deal of that terror which unmanned me at first . I supposed it was despair that strung my nerves . " It may look like boasting - but what I tell you is the truth - I began to reflect how ...
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... mind was filled with grand ideas , lofty aspirations , and heroic thoughts . A conviction that we must con- quer was so firmly rooted in my mind that I felt quite pitiful towards the English , and wondered to see them so eagerly ...
... mind was filled with grand ideas , lofty aspirations , and heroic thoughts . A conviction that we must con- quer was so firmly rooted in my mind that I felt quite pitiful towards the English , and wondered to see them so eagerly ...
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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