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Once in my ex- perience it was in my first voyage - a gale left us as this has done , blew itself clean out , and fell dead . But I remember that it left a better sky than that , ' I continued , casting my eye on the sooty stooping pall ...
Once in my ex- perience it was in my first voyage - a gale left us as this has done , blew itself clean out , and fell dead . But I remember that it left a better sky than that , ' I continued , casting my eye on the sooty stooping pall ...
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... said I. ' But he is out in his dead reckoning -of that I am positive ; though , as he means to stand to the east- ward , his miscalculations ought not to greatly matter . ' When should we make Jamaica , think you ?
... said I. ' But he is out in his dead reckoning -of that I am positive ; though , as he means to stand to the east- ward , his miscalculations ought not to greatly matter . ' When should we make Jamaica , think you ?
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It's a devilish bad job , Sir Mor- daunt , to be with a skipper you can't trust , and whose calculations you are sure are wrong , in weather of this kind , and with those And do you leagues of Bahama Islands dead to leeward 12 [ July ...
It's a devilish bad job , Sir Mor- daunt , to be with a skipper you can't trust , and whose calculations you are sure are wrong , in weather of this kind , and with those And do you leagues of Bahama Islands dead to leeward 12 [ July ...
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And do you leagues of Bahama Islands dead to leeward of us . know , the wind freshens . It's breezed up since we have been on deck . ' ' Why doesn't Purchase come ? ' he exclaimed impatiently . Just then the mate came along .
And do you leagues of Bahama Islands dead to leeward of us . know , the wind freshens . It's breezed up since we have been on deck . ' ' Why doesn't Purchase come ? ' he exclaimed impatiently . Just then the mate came along .
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Could I have been sure that his sights on that day were accurate , I should have been able to work out our position by the dead reckon- ing of those stormy days , so as to come near enough to the truth . But how was I to trust such data ...
Could I have been sure that his sights on that day were accurate , I should have been able to work out our position by the dead reckon- ing of those stormy days , so as to come near enough to the truth . But how was I to trust such data ...
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Página 336 - the highest development of human effort and human felicity. The day when ' there shall no more be an infant of days nor an old man that hath not filled his days.
Página 431 - of comyn [common] people. I toke an old boke, and redde therin ; and certaynly ye Englysshe was so rude and brood that I coude not well vnderstande it. And certaynly it was wreton in such wyse that it was more lyke to dutche than englysshe. I coude not reduce ne
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
Página 482 - hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us (iv. 12). God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him (iv. 16). He that saith, I love God, and hateth his brother, lieth: for he that loveth not his brother, whom he hath seen, how can he love God, whom he hath not seen ? (iv. 20).
Página 327 - his possessions : unto the man that hath nothing to vex him, and that hath prosperity in all things: yea, unto him that is yet able to receive
Página 474 - each song twice over, Lest you should think he never could recapture The first fine careless rapture. This
Página 498 - TOLSTOY. OLD SCOTCH JUDGES. Sly. Well, we'll see't. Come, madam wife, sit by my side and let the world slip ; we shall ne'er be
Página 362 - chuets' (or ' chewets'), which are likewise minced meat instead of butter and fat; it were good to moisten them partly with cream, or almond or pistachio milk, or barley, or maiz cream, adding a little coriander seed and carraway seed, and
Página 93 - Vorrei morir di morte piccinina, Morta la sera e viva la mattina. Vorrei morire, e non vorrei morire, Vorrei veder, chi mi piange e chi ride; Vorrei morir, e star sulle finestre, Vorrei veder chi mi cuce la veste ; Vorrei morir, e stare sulla scala, Vorrei veder chi mi porta la bara; Vorrei morir, e vorre
Página 516 - him like the thunder's roll. With shivering heart, the strife we saw Of Passion with Eternal Law ; And yet with reverential awe We