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... course , bursting into a crest of white froth , as in impotent rage and despair , and sinking amidst the mass of waters ; anon a gust of wind , more furious than the rest , levelling for a moment the swelling surface of the angry ocean ...
... course , bursting into a crest of white froth , as in impotent rage and despair , and sinking amidst the mass of waters ; anon a gust of wind , more furious than the rest , levelling for a moment the swelling surface of the angry ocean ...
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... course , crossing and re - crossing her bows , as if in playful mockery of her tardy pace . Dangerous sport ! they little reck of peril from that Long Tom Coffin , who , harpoon in hand , stands on the back - ropes , sup- porting ...
... course , crossing and re - crossing her bows , as if in playful mockery of her tardy pace . Dangerous sport ! they little reck of peril from that Long Tom Coffin , who , harpoon in hand , stands on the back - ropes , sup- porting ...
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... answers when the vessels have passed out of earshot , and are pursuing their respective courses , probably never to meet again . How often does it happen that " B " voyagers meet on the wide ocean , hold short but THE SHIPWRECK . 17.
... answers when the vessels have passed out of earshot , and are pursuing their respective courses , probably never to meet again . How often does it happen that " B " voyagers meet on the wide ocean , hold short but THE SHIPWRECK . 17.
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... course till noon ; she was then hove to , and soundings carefully taken . Although we had been running for more than forty - eight hours without any celestial observation to correct our dead - reckoning , it was found that our longitude ...
... course till noon ; she was then hove to , and soundings carefully taken . Although we had been running for more than forty - eight hours without any celestial observation to correct our dead - reckoning , it was found that our longitude ...
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... course in the early part of the night , and the noise and bustle on deck since the splitting of the sails , had banished sleep , I believe , from every eye . Few had retired to bed at all - none had done more than partially undress ...
... course in the early part of the night , and the noise and bustle on deck since the splitting of the sails , had banished sleep , I believe , from every eye . Few had retired to bed at all - none had done more than partially undress ...
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