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... nearly all in their berths , worn out with their work during the gale , these foreigners crept up on deck , cut down and pitched overboard half a dozen of our chaps as were on deck , and then clapped down the hatches . " " That was what ...
... nearly all in their berths , worn out with their work during the gale , these foreigners crept up on deck , cut down and pitched overboard half a dozen of our chaps as were on deck , and then clapped down the hatches . " " That was what ...
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... But my shot only disturbed the strata ; and if the mirage had not been nearly on the point of vanishing , from the increasing solar heat , I doubt whether the same effect would have followed . But it is time for us to go back to our hut ...
... But my shot only disturbed the strata ; and if the mirage had not been nearly on the point of vanishing , from the increasing solar heat , I doubt whether the same effect would have followed . But it is time for us to go back to our hut ...
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... nearly nine o'clock , and the last watch would thus bring them to five in the morning , when it would be desirable that all four should be awakened to the heavy day's work , which ( as none of them doubted ) lay before them . CHAPTER V ...
... nearly nine o'clock , and the last watch would thus bring them to five in the morning , when it would be desirable that all four should be awakened to the heavy day's work , which ( as none of them doubted ) lay before them . CHAPTER V ...
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... be impossible to carry our tent with us . And , to wind up , we should certainly not meet with a human being from the beginning of our journey to its end . " Plans . 63 " Well , that is pretty nearly 62 Hair - breadth Escapes .
... be impossible to carry our tent with us . And , to wind up , we should certainly not meet with a human being from the beginning of our journey to its end . " Plans . 63 " Well , that is pretty nearly 62 Hair - breadth Escapes .
Page 63
... nearly enough , I think , " ob- served Nick , " I have no fancy to be broiled like a fish on a gridiron , or have a leg of nothing and no turnips for dinner , like the clown in a pantomime . Let us hear what you propose . " " I advise ...
... nearly enough , I think , " ob- served Nick , " I have no fancy to be broiled like a fish on a gridiron , or have a leg of nothing and no turnips for dinner , like the clown in a pantomime . Let us hear what you propose . " " I advise ...
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Hair-Breadth Escapes: The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa H. C. Adams No preview available - 2022 |
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