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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... strange talk of the harbour of heaven . What did the man mean ? They knew not whence he had come , and when they asked him he swore strange long - winded , new - fangled foreign oaths , as long as a main - royal- backstay . And then he ...
... strange talk of the harbour of heaven . What did the man mean ? They knew not whence he had come , and when they asked him he swore strange long - winded , new - fangled foreign oaths , as long as a main - royal- backstay . And then he ...
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... strange men who know nothing of the big world . But listen . and mark me , for if you've the sense and feelings of shotten herrings I'll make you little men shiver . " And shiver they did . " The world's a strange place , but the East's ...
... strange men who know nothing of the big world . But listen . and mark me , for if you've the sense and feelings of shotten herrings I'll make you little men shiver . " And shiver they did . " The world's a strange place , but the East's ...
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... strange little people I could break between my thumb and forefinger , or , like the great angel who was also a little angel , could take them up and put them on my thumb - nail and spang them to the Southern seas . ' Tis a fine thing to ...
... strange little people I could break between my thumb and forefinger , or , like the great angel who was also a little angel , could take them up and put them on my thumb - nail and spang them to the Southern seas . ' Tis a fine thing to ...
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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