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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... passed my life with my friends and companions , feeling confident that this course would continue and profit me ; and I ceased not to live in this manner for a length of time . I then returned to my reason , and recovered from my ...
... passed my life with my friends and companions , feeling confident that this course would continue and profit me ; and I ceased not to live in this manner for a length of time . I then returned to my reason , and recovered from my ...
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... passed from the helmet beneath the chin , and drew him to the plank . The man was Arrius , the tribune . For a while the water foamed and eddied violently about Ben - Hur , taxing all his strength to hold to the support and at the same ...
... passed from the helmet beneath the chin , and drew him to the plank . The man was Arrius , the tribune . For a while the water foamed and eddied violently about Ben - Hur , taxing all his strength to hold to the support and at the same ...
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... passed , another larger wave passed in without breaking in the entrance , raised the boat's stern , lifted it on its crest and impelled it towards the harbour . It was a dreadful height , and Andrés felt dizzy as on a precipice , but he ...
... passed , another larger wave passed in without breaking in the entrance , raised the boat's stern , lifted it on its crest and impelled it towards the harbour . It was a dreadful height , and Andrés felt dizzy as on a precipice , but he ...
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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