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... rippling waters of the lake . The ponies took their places in the ferry - boat which was kept for the passage of animals to and from the island . With slow regular strokes the men rowed us to the mainland , and THE KISS . 85.
... rippling waters of the lake . The ponies took their places in the ferry - boat which was kept for the passage of animals to and from the island . With slow regular strokes the men rowed us to the mainland , and THE KISS . 85.
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... boat , in the days when Mary went sailing with me , and worked the green flag . On my left , was the wooden paling that followed the curves of the wind- ing creek ; and beyond it rose the brown arches of the Decoy for wild fowl , now ...
... boat , in the days when Mary went sailing with me , and worked the green flag . On my left , was the wooden paling that followed the curves of the wind- ing creek ; and beyond it rose the brown arches of the Decoy for wild fowl , now ...
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... , who has been em- ployed in our office for many years . easiest way for you , as a stranger , will be to go by sea ; and the Englishman will show you where to hire a boat . ' In a few minutes more the clerk and I were BY LAND AND SEA .
... , who has been em- ployed in our office for many years . easiest way for you , as a stranger , will be to go by sea ; and the Englishman will show you where to hire a boat . ' In a few minutes more the clerk and I were BY LAND AND SEA .
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... boat . At my own re- quest , I set forth on the voyage without servant or interpreter . I preferred being alone . The Dutch captain had been employed , at a former period of his life , in the mercan- tile navy of France ; and we could ...
... boat . At my own re- quest , I set forth on the voyage without servant or interpreter . I preferred being alone . The Dutch captain had been employed , at a former period of his life , in the mercan- tile navy of France ; and we could ...
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... boat . And that was all I saw of the island of Marken . Lying awake in the still night , alone on a strange sea , there were moments when I found myself beginning to doubt the reality of my own position . Was it all a dream ? My ...
... boat . And that was all I saw of the island of Marken . Lying awake in the still night , alone on a strange sea , there were moments when I found myself beginning to doubt the reality of my own position . Was it all a dream ? My ...
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