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... determined , in preference , to follow my plan , than to go to sea as a midshipman again . Allow me to say , brother , I have a worth of my own , and that I know of no situation so disadvantageous as the one in which I have last acted ...
... determined , in preference , to follow my plan , than to go to sea as a midshipman again . Allow me to say , brother , I have a worth of my own , and that I know of no situation so disadvantageous as the one in which I have last acted ...
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... determining the route to be followed , is , then , to select that which promises to afford a continuous coast- line in a northerly direction . From the scant knowledge we possess of the conditions of land in the Polar area , north of ...
... determining the route to be followed , is , then , to select that which promises to afford a continuous coast- line in a northerly direction . From the scant knowledge we possess of the conditions of land in the Polar area , north of ...
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... , 96 ; bricks and mortar form a part of the ship's stores , 98 ; rations in the Navy , 100 ; a pugnacious determination , 102 ; arrive at Woolwich , 103 . CONTENTS . xliii CHAPTER V. A MIDSHIPMAN'S NARRATIVE ( continued.
... , 96 ; bricks and mortar form a part of the ship's stores , 98 ; rations in the Navy , 100 ; a pugnacious determination , 102 ; arrive at Woolwich , 103 . CONTENTS . xliii CHAPTER V. A MIDSHIPMAN'S NARRATIVE ( continued.
Page xliii
... determined , 153 ; notice of a tide , 154 . CHAPTER VII . A MIDSHIPMAN'S NARRATIVE ( continued ) . Ships put to sea , 155 ; examining the edge of the ice , 156 ; aggravating irregularities of the pack , 157 ; an ocean of ice seen , 158 ...
... determined , 153 ; notice of a tide , 154 . CHAPTER VII . A MIDSHIPMAN'S NARRATIVE ( continued ) . Ships put to sea , 155 ; examining the edge of the ice , 156 ; aggravating irregularities of the pack , 157 ; an ocean of ice seen , 158 ...
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... determine , with accuracy , the exact date of the despatch of the first expedi- tion from England , that had for its object the exploration of those regions situated to the northward of the Arctic circle . If credence is to be placed in ...
... determine , with accuracy , the exact date of the despatch of the first expedi- tion from England , that had for its object the exploration of those regions situated to the northward of the Arctic circle . If credence is to be placed in ...
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