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The heavy seas which rolled up carried the yacht bodily away to the westward , and I reckoned that the average drift of the vessel was not less than one and three - quarter nautical miles an hour ...
The heavy seas which rolled up carried the yacht bodily away to the westward , and I reckoned that the average drift of the vessel was not less than one and three - quarter nautical miles an hour ...
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The yacht lay to under bare poles , and the helm lashed , and whoever hap- pened to be on deck to watch her stood right aft , for the seas which swept the forecastle made that part of the vessel as perilous as a raft , and no man could ...
The yacht lay to under bare poles , and the helm lashed , and whoever hap- pened to be on deck to watch her stood right aft , for the seas which swept the forecastle made that part of the vessel as perilous as a raft , and no man could ...
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The deadly pause followed ; you could have heard the foam upon the deck seething and hissing to the very doors of the companion , and presently , when the brave little vessel lifted again , my face was wet with sweat .
The deadly pause followed ; you could have heard the foam upon the deck seething and hissing to the very doors of the companion , and presently , when the brave little vessel lifted again , my face was wet with sweat .
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... over to the other side with the send of the vessel ; and the jerking and straining of the masts was so violent , that it would not have greatly surprised me had the chain plates drawn , and the lofty sticks gone away overboard .
... over to the other side with the send of the vessel ; and the jerking and straining of the masts was so violent , that it would not have greatly surprised me had the chain plates drawn , and the lofty sticks gone away overboard .
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He is less qualified in my opinion to command this vessel than the cook . ' ' That will do , ' said the baronet to Purchase . the chart below again . ' 6 You can take ' That's what I makes it , sir , ' replied the man , again reading ...
He is less qualified in my opinion to command this vessel than the cook . ' ' That will do , ' said the baronet to Purchase . the chart below again . ' 6 You can take ' That's what I makes it , sir , ' replied the man , again reading ...
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Página 349 - one reflected on Sir John Falstaff's statement that he had worn out his voice in singing anthems, as the villainous-looking tramp, regarding me with a keenly-observant eye, lifted up his voice and sang (in good time and tune), Then, 0 my Lord, prepare My soul for that great day: Oh wash me in Thy precious blood, And
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