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Page 137
During my stay in Truxillo , I had occasion to go on board a whaler , the captain of which , a very courageous fellow , said that he had never seen a surf in which his whale - boat could not live ; accordingly we put off in it in order ...
During my stay in Truxillo , I had occasion to go on board a whaler , the captain of which , a very courageous fellow , said that he had never seen a surf in which his whale - boat could not live ; accordingly we put off in it in order ...
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... its smell is offensive , and its taste salt , bitter , and highly disagreeable ; that neither are birds seen to fly over it , nor fishes found in its waters ; that the heaviest bodies float on its surface ; and that it is constantly ...
... its smell is offensive , and its taste salt , bitter , and highly disagreeable ; that neither are birds seen to fly over it , nor fishes found in its waters ; that the heaviest bodies float on its surface ; and that it is constantly ...
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Poetical description : • I have seen some rich descriptions of West Indian flowers and plants , — just , I dare say , but unpleasing merely because their names were uncouth , and forms not known generally enough to be put into verse .
Poetical description : • I have seen some rich descriptions of West Indian flowers and plants , — just , I dare say , but unpleasing merely because their names were uncouth , and forms not known generally enough to be put into verse .
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| Title | The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal Volumes 1215-1247 of Early English newspapers Volumes 384-432 of English literary periodicals |
| Contributors | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths |
| Publisher | R. Griffiths, 1825 |
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