Summer Cruising in the South SeasChatto and Windus, 1873 - 319 páginas |
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... Once a green oasis blossomed before us , —a garden in perfect bloom , girded about with creaming waves ; within its coral cincture pendulous boughs trailed in the glassy waters ; from its hidden bowers spiced airs stole down upon us ...
... Once a green oasis blossomed before us , —a garden in perfect bloom , girded about with creaming waves ; within its coral cincture pendulous boughs trailed in the glassy waters ; from its hidden bowers spiced airs stole down upon us ...
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... man has supped full of horror and there is no immediate climax , he can collect himself and be comparatively brave . A reaction restored my soul . 16 Once more the melancholy chronicler of the ill - fated 2 IN THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP . 17.
... man has supped full of horror and there is no immediate climax , he can collect himself and be comparatively brave . A reaction restored my soul . 16 Once more the melancholy chronicler of the ill - fated 2 IN THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP . 17.
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... once knew a lonesome man who floated about in a water- logged hulk for three months ; who saw all his comrades starve and die , one after another , and at last kept watch alone , craving and beseeching death . It was the staunch French ...
... once knew a lonesome man who floated about in a water- logged hulk for three months ; who saw all his comrades starve and die , one after another , and at last kept watch alone , craving and beseeching death . It was the staunch French ...
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... once grew desperate , struck at the poor wretch whom he had robbed , missed his blow , and fell headlong from the narrow platform in the foretop , and was lost in the sea . It was the first scene in the mournful tragedy about to be ...
... once grew desperate , struck at the poor wretch whom he had robbed , missed his blow , and fell headlong from the narrow platform in the foretop , and was lost in the sea . It was the first scene in the mournful tragedy about to be ...
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... once more . They would pace K― Street at noon , and revisit that capital res- taurant where many a time they had feasted , though in those days they were unknown to one another ; they would call for coffee , and this dish and that dish ...
... once more . They would pace K― Street at noon , and revisit that capital res- taurant where many a time they had feasted , though in those days they were unknown to one another ; they would call for coffee , and this dish and that dish ...
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