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... followed the sea from his boyhood , and made several voyages , on board a whaler , to Baffin's Bay . Once his ship had been nipped by the ice , whirled helplessly against an iceberg , when he alone with two com- panions escaped the ...
... followed the sea from his boyhood , and made several voyages , on board a whaler , to Baffin's Bay . Once his ship had been nipped by the ice , whirled helplessly against an iceberg , when he alone with two com- panions escaped the ...
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... followed , I suspected that they had not succeeded in damaging the enemy . A whole broad- side from the Greek now came rattling down upon us . I could not resist giving a look up on deck . Several of our poor fellows had been knocked ...
... followed , I suspected that they had not succeeded in damaging the enemy . A whole broad- side from the Greek now came rattling down upon us . I could not resist giving a look up on deck . Several of our poor fellows had been knocked ...
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... followed him on deck to inquire whether Charley really had the plague . No doubt about it , ' was his reply ; ' but if he drops into a sound sleep , I think he may throw it off without further evil consequences . ' Anxiously I watched ...
... followed him on deck to inquire whether Charley really had the plague . No doubt about it , ' was his reply ; ' but if he drops into a sound sleep , I think he may throw it off without further evil consequences . ' Anxiously I watched ...
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... followed my kind grandmother's wishes and given up the sea . Instead , however , of returning to England , the brig was employed running from place to place , wherever she could secure a freight . In that way I visited nearly every part ...
... followed my kind grandmother's wishes and given up the sea . Instead , however , of returning to England , the brig was employed running from place to place , wherever she could secure a freight . In that way I visited nearly every part ...
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... they could stand it no longer . One seized the cask of water , and before the master could prevent him , took a huge draught ; then the others followed his example . The mate for some time withstood the temptation , but.
... they could stand it no longer . One seized the cask of water , and before the master could prevent him , took a huge draught ; then the others followed his example . The mate for some time withstood the temptation , but.
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Page 199 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Page 79 - There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To take care of the life of poor Jack.
Page 271 - There is many a slip between the cup and the lip, and before the spring much may be changed.
Page 346 - Bear down, d'ye see, To our Admiral's lee ! ' 'No, no,' says the Frenchman, 'that can't be !' ' Then I must lug you along with me !
Page 346 - Frenchman laughed and thought it stuff, But they knew not the handful of men, how tough, On board of the Arethusa. On deck five hundred men did dance, The stoutest they could find in France; We with two hundred did advance On board of the Arethusa. Our captain hailed the Frenchman, 'Ho!