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... knew very little of his early history . Like the larger propor- tion of Shetland men he followed the sea from his boy- hood , and made several voyages , on board a whaler , to Baffin's Bay . Once his ship had been nipped by the ice ...
... knew very little of his early history . Like the larger propor- tion of Shetland men he followed the sea from his boy- hood , and made several voyages , on board a whaler , to Baffin's Bay . Once his ship had been nipped by the ice ...
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... knew all the dangers and hardships of the sea to desire to expose her to them . My father had very few surviving relatives . His mother and sister were the only two of whom I know . His father and two brothers had been lost in the ...
... knew all the dangers and hardships of the sea to desire to expose her to them . My father had very few surviving relatives . His mother and sister were the only two of whom I know . His father and two brothers had been lost in the ...
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... knew from experience he could generally induce to do what he liked . I forgot all the love and affection , all the tender care I had received from my grandmother and aunt since my birth , and that I ought on every account to have ...
... knew from experience he could generally induce to do what he liked . I forgot all the love and affection , all the tender care I had received from my grandmother and aunt since my birth , and that I ought on every account to have ...
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... knew was very true , but I could not bear the idea of being laughed at by Charley and his father , and in my eagerness I swore vehemently that go to sea I would , in spite of every- thing they could say , and I declared that I didn't ...
... knew was very true , but I could not bear the idea of being laughed at by Charley and his father , and in my eagerness I swore vehemently that go to sea I would , in spite of every- thing they could say , and I declared that I didn't ...
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... knew exactly what was wanted , and in three or four days my entire kit was ready and stowed away in a small sea - chest , which had belonged to some member of my family who had escaped drowning . It received no little commen- dation ...
... knew exactly what was wanted , and in three or four days my entire kit was ready and stowed away in a small sea - chest , which had belonged to some member of my family who had escaped drowning . It received no little commen- dation ...
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