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... heart and converging from many distant heart - and points as they closed in upon the mouth of the narrow sea ; others starting on distant voyages , full 16 SKETCHES BY A SAILOR .
... heart and converging from many distant heart - and points as they closed in upon the mouth of the narrow sea ; others starting on distant voyages , full 16 SKETCHES BY A SAILOR .
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... hearts then beat high with exultant hope , their brains were busy with bright pictures of the future , their tongues prated of how they would " take their ease , eat , drink , and be merry , were never ... heart 20 SKETCHES BY A SAILOR .
... hearts then beat high with exultant hope , their brains were busy with bright pictures of the future , their tongues prated of how they would " take their ease , eat , drink , and be merry , were never ... heart 20 SKETCHES BY A SAILOR .
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... heart , brain , and tongue were still and cold , - " five fathom deep " in ocean's bed . That night their souls were required of them . All that day the gale continued , freshening as the sun declined , -for decline it did , though ...
... heart , brain , and tongue were still and cold , - " five fathom deep " in ocean's bed . That night their souls were required of them . All that day the gale continued , freshening as the sun declined , -for decline it did , though ...
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... hearts revived again within us . The darkness had necessitated us to remain perfectly inactive , the most trying state by far in the time of danger . Now , as the dawning light gave us , little by little , a full view of our position ...
... hearts revived again within us . The darkness had necessitated us to remain perfectly inactive , the most trying state by far in the time of danger . Now , as the dawning light gave us , little by little , a full view of our position ...
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... heart of a benevolent man , than the thought of causing " joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth . " The more practically minded man will look chiefly , perhaps , to the terrors of punishment to check ...
... heart of a benevolent man , than the thought of causing " joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth . " The more practically minded man will look chiefly , perhaps , to the terrors of punishment to check ...
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