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Page 184
... Danes , and a Mulatto boy , a German tailor and his wife ( the smallest couple I ever beheld ) and a Jew . We were all on the deck ; but in a short time I observed marks of dismay . The lady retired to the cabin in some confusion , and ...
... Danes , and a Mulatto boy , a German tailor and his wife ( the smallest couple I ever beheld ) and a Jew . We were all on the deck ; but in a short time I observed marks of dismay . The lady retired to the cabin in some confusion , and ...
Page 185
... Danes in no common degree . I had crept into the boat on the deck and fallen asleep ; but was awaked by one of them about three o'clock in the afternoon , who told me that they had been seeking me in every hole and corner , and in ...
... Danes in no common degree . I had crept into the boat on the deck and fallen asleep ; but was awaked by one of them about three o'clock in the afternoon , who told me that they had been seeking me in every hole and corner , and in ...
Page 186
... Dane then in- formed me , that all in the present party were philosophers likewise . Certes we were not of the stoic ... Danes were brothers . The one was a man with a clear white complexion , white hair , and white eye - brows , looked ...
... Dane then in- formed me , that all in the present party were philosophers likewise . Certes we were not of the stoic ... Danes were brothers . The one was a man with a clear white complexion , white hair , and white eye - brows , looked ...
Page 187
... DANE . Vat imagination ! vat language ! vat vast science ! and vat eyes ! vat a milk - vite forehead ! -O my heafen ! vy , you're a Got ! ANSWER . You do me too much honour , Sir . THE DANE . O me ! if you should dink I is flattering ...
... DANE . Vat imagination ! vat language ! vat vast science ! and vat eyes ! vat a milk - vite forehead ! -O my heafen ! vy , you're a Got ! ANSWER . You do me too much honour , Sir . THE DANE . O me ! if you should dink I is flattering ...
Page 188
... DANE . ( squeezing my hand with great vehemence ) My dear friend ! vat an affection and fidelity we have for each ... DANE . O ! -is , is , am , am , am . Yes , yes - I know , I know . ANSW . I am , thou art , he is , we are , ye are ...
... DANE . ( squeezing my hand with great vehemence ) My dear friend ! vat an affection and fidelity we have for each ... DANE . O ! -is , is , am , am , am . Yes , yes - I know , I know . ANSW . I am , thou art , he is , we are , ye are ...
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