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... attempt to make the passage with such a handful as we have at present . If there came a gale , or we fall in with a French or Spanish cruiser- paused , unwilling to put his thoughts into words . " " He " " Twouldn't be pleasant , for ...
... attempt to make the passage with such a handful as we have at present . If there came a gale , or we fall in with a French or Spanish cruiser- paused , unwilling to put his thoughts into words . " " He " " Twouldn't be pleasant , for ...
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... attempted to hold communication with the shore . " ' They ain't always so particular , are they , sir ? " asked the ... attempt anything at the Canaries . " " Very good , sir . Then go on to the Cape Verdes . If this wind holds , we ...
... attempted to hold communication with the shore . " ' They ain't always so particular , are they , sir ? " asked the ... attempt anything at the Canaries . " " Very good , sir . Then go on to the Cape Verdes . If this wind holds , we ...
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... attempt , if his uncle really had interdicted it ; but he professed himself certain that no such order had been given by anybody but the first lieutenant , and he was not , he said , going to be under his orders . Warley for once was ...
... attempt , if his uncle really had interdicted it ; but he professed himself certain that no such order had been given by anybody but the first lieutenant , and he was not , he said , going to be under his orders . Warley for once was ...
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... attempts to fill the places of his missing men . There were , as the reader has been told , very few whites on the island , and none of them were sailors . The blacks were very unwilling to engage , except upon exorbitant terms , and ...
... attempts to fill the places of his missing men . There were , as the reader has been told , very few whites on the island , and none of them were sailors . The blacks were very unwilling to engage , except upon exorbitant terms , and ...
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... attempting to seize him . His nerves were unsteady from drink , and the bullet missed its mark ; but it struck Joe Cobbes on the temple , who fell on the instant stone dead . Some of the men , startled by the pistol shot , came reeling ...
... attempting to seize him . His nerves were unsteady from drink , and the bullet missed its mark ; but it struck Joe Cobbes on the temple , who fell on the instant stone dead . Some of the men , startled by the pistol shot , came reeling ...
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Hair-Breadth Escapes: The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa H. C. Adams No preview available - 2022 |
Hair-Breadth Escapes: Or the Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa (1877) Henry Cadwallader Adams No preview available - 2008 |
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