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... STORM The gale came fresh at north - west , and this fresh gale did soon grow up to a violent storm , which increased to so great a rigour , separating us from the land at the rate of eight leagues a watch , merely with our fore ...
... STORM The gale came fresh at north - west , and this fresh gale did soon grow up to a violent storm , which increased to so great a rigour , separating us from the land at the rate of eight leagues a watch , merely with our fore ...
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... storm would , like most thunder - storms in the latitude , shortly exhaust itself , or , as we say , " blow over ; " but I was mistaken , and as the time passed , its violence , instead of di- minishing , increased . It grew darker and ...
... storm would , like most thunder - storms in the latitude , shortly exhaust itself , or , as we say , " blow over ; " but I was mistaken , and as the time passed , its violence , instead of di- minishing , increased . It grew darker and ...
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... storm had burst again with renewed violence and was once more expending itself on the house ; the thunder was again rolling overhead ; the broken blinds were swinging and slamming madly ; and the dreadful memories of the place were once ...
... storm had burst again with renewed violence and was once more expending itself on the house ; the thunder was again rolling overhead ; the broken blinds were swinging and slamming madly ; and the dreadful memories of the place were once ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 13 |
GEORGE MASON 17251792 | 17 |
JOHN RANDOLPH 17731833 | 19 |
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