Breakers Ahead; Or, Uncle Jack's Stories of Great Shipwrecks of Recent Times; 1869 to 1880 |
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Breakers Ahead; Or, Uncle Jack's Stories of Great Shipwrecks of Recent Times Jessie Margaret Saxby No preview available - 2010 |
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Page 2 - Tis pleasant, by the cheerful hearth, to hear Of tempests and the dangers of the deep, And pause at times, and feel that we are safe ; Then listen to the perilous tale again, And with an eager and suspended soul, Woo terror to delight us.
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