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... passed it without approaching nearer . Prosperous gales continued to waft us on our voy- age , without any event happening to us , except our , now and then , falling in with a lonely sail , which never came near enough to speak us . We ...
... passed it without approaching nearer . Prosperous gales continued to waft us on our voy- age , without any event happening to us , except our , now and then , falling in with a lonely sail , which never came near enough to speak us . We ...
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... passed the dreaded tro- pic : but alas ! how vain are the resolves of mortality ! -the following morning , as we had just finished breakfast , we heard , through a speaking trumpet , the cry of Genoese ahoy ! and imagining that it pro ...
... passed the dreaded tro- pic : but alas ! how vain are the resolves of mortality ! -the following morning , as we had just finished breakfast , we heard , through a speaking trumpet , the cry of Genoese ahoy ! and imagining that it pro ...
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... passed it without approaching nearer . Prosperous gales continued to waft us on our voy- age , without any event happening to us , except our , now and then , falling in with a lonely sail , which never came near enough to speak us . We ...
... passed it without approaching nearer . Prosperous gales continued to waft us on our voy- age , without any event happening to us , except our , now and then , falling in with a lonely sail , which never came near enough to speak us . We ...
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... passed the dreaded tro- pic : but alas ! how vain are the resolves of mortality ! -the following morning , as we had just finished breakfast , we heard , through a speaking trumpet , the cry of Genoese ahoy ! and imagining that it pro ...
... passed the dreaded tro- pic : but alas ! how vain are the resolves of mortality ! -the following morning , as we had just finished breakfast , we heard , through a speaking trumpet , the cry of Genoese ahoy ! and imagining that it pro ...
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... passed by the lordly denomination of Chepstow Lodge . Here we took up our abode , which being on a low and damp spot near the river , was none of the heal- thiest my father was constantly on duty ; while I made the best use of the ...
... passed by the lordly denomination of Chepstow Lodge . Here we took up our abode , which being on a low and damp spot near the river , was none of the heal- thiest my father was constantly on duty ; while I made the best use of the ...
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