Summer Cruising in the South SeasChatto and Windus, 1873 - 319 páginas |
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... winds rob me of the life they gave ; I watch my tattered shadow in the wave , And hourly droop and nod my crest forlorn , While all my fibres stiffen and grow numb Beck'ning the tardy ships , the ships that never come ! SUMMER CRUISING ...
... winds rob me of the life they gave ; I watch my tattered shadow in the wave , And hourly droop and nod my crest forlorn , While all my fibres stiffen and grow numb Beck'ning the tardy ships , the ships that never come ! SUMMER CRUISING ...
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... wind as it tore through the rigging , and the long hiss of the waves rushing past us with lightning speed . Sometimes an avalanche of foam buried us for a moment , and the " Petrel " trembled like a living thing stricken with sudden ...
... wind as it tore through the rigging , and the long hiss of the waves rushing past us with lightning speed . Sometimes an avalanche of foam buried us for a moment , and the " Petrel " trembled like a living thing stricken with sudden ...
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... winds increased , and finally a cyclone burst upon her with insupportable fury . The brig was thrown upon her beam - ends , and began to fill rapidly . With much difficulty her masts were cut away , she righted , and lay in the trough ...
... winds increased , and finally a cyclone burst upon her with insupportable fury . The brig was thrown upon her beam - ends , and began to fill rapidly . With much difficulty her masts were cut away , she righted , and lay in the trough ...
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... wind light , the brig gave a sudden lurch and dipped up one of the monsters , who was quite secure in the shallow aquarium between the gunwales . He was soon despatched , and divided equally among the crew . Some ate a little , and ...
... wind light , the brig gave a sudden lurch and dipped up one of the monsters , who was quite secure in the shallow aquarium between the gunwales . He was soon despatched , and divided equally among the crew . Some ate a little , and ...
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... winds under a cheer- less sky , sickness visited them . Some were stricken with scurvy ; some had lost the use of their limbs and lay helpless , moaning and weeping hour after hour ; vermin devoured them ; and when their garments were ...
... winds under a cheer- less sky , sickness visited them . Some were stricken with scurvy ; some had lost the use of their limbs and lay helpless , moaning and weeping hour after hour ; vermin devoured them ; and when their garments were ...
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