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... hope , a great deal of interest and amusement ; and if my book serves but to while pleasantly away an idle hour or two for the general reader , or conveys a scrap of useful in- formation to the young yachtsman , that purpose will be ...
... hope , a great deal of interest and amusement ; and if my book serves but to while pleasantly away an idle hour or two for the general reader , or conveys a scrap of useful in- formation to the young yachtsman , that purpose will be ...
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... hope of bringing myself and my senseless charge to an anchor ; but I might as well have attempted to grasp the air . The whole of that portion of the beach which was exposed to the action of the sea was a vast moving mass , the shingle ...
... hope of bringing myself and my senseless charge to an anchor ; but I might as well have attempted to grasp the air . The whole of that portion of the beach which was exposed to the action of the sea was a vast moving mass , the shingle ...
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... I sailed from Valparaiso for Canton , whence we were to pro- ceed to Bombay , and so home round the Cape of Good Hope . I was then chief mate . We met with nothing but calms for the first three weeks of 16 The Secret of the Sands .
... I sailed from Valparaiso for Canton , whence we were to pro- ceed to Bombay , and so home round the Cape of Good Hope . I was then chief mate . We met with nothing but calms for the first three weeks of 16 The Secret of the Sands .
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... hope of hearing either that my father had returned , or that some news had arrived of him . For the last twelve months we had abandoned the former hope , but the latter would probably be many years before it finally took its flight ...
... hope of hearing either that my father had returned , or that some news had arrived of him . For the last twelve months we had abandoned the former hope , but the latter would probably be many years before it finally took its flight ...
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... hope to reach land , or fall in with a ship . We also wanted something that should be essentially a life - boat , whilst she should also be very fast . How to obtain all these desiderata , and at the same time overcome the difficulty in ...
... hope to reach land , or fall in with a ship . We also wanted something that should be essentially a life - boat , whilst she should also be very fast . How to obtain all these desiderata , and at the same time overcome the difficulty in ...
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The Secret of the Sands: Or, the 'Water Lily' and Her Crew, by Harry Collingwood William Joseph C Lancaster No preview available - 2016 |
The Secret of the Sands: Or, the 'Water Lily' and Her Crew, by Harry Collingwood William Joseph C Lancaster No preview available - 2016 |
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