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... conditions are favourable , the actual danger may be reduced in quite a surprising degree . Such voyages , however , if of any considerable length , are sure to abound in adventure ; and , in selecting one as the groundwork of my story , ...
... conditions are favourable , the actual danger may be reduced in quite a surprising degree . Such voyages , however , if of any considerable length , are sure to abound in adventure ; and , in selecting one as the groundwork of my story , ...
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... length given up the contest , and was about to run her on shore . But we knew better . The vessel had merely been kept away in order to wear her ; staying in such a tremendous gale and sea being utterly out of the question . And as we ...
... length given up the contest , and was about to run her on shore . But we knew better . The vessel had merely been kept away in order to wear her ; staying in such a tremendous gale and sea being utterly out of the question . And as we ...
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... length , after the most superhuman efforts , though the distance was barely thirty yards , I reached the ship's side , and was drawn on board by a line which her crew threw to me . The men crowded round me , rapidly talking in some ...
... length , after the most superhuman efforts , though the distance was barely thirty yards , I reached the ship's side , and was drawn on board by a line which her crew threw to me . The men crowded round me , rapidly talking in some ...
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... length of me . He was apparently dead , and floating face downwards ; but I grasped him by the hair , turned him on his back , and struck out for the beach . Twice were we flung like corks upon the pebbles of the strand , and twice ...
... length of me . He was apparently dead , and floating face downwards ; but I grasped him by the hair , turned him on his back , and struck out for the beach . Twice were we flung like corks upon the pebbles of the strand , and twice ...
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... before the faintest signs of returning animation were per- ceived ; and when at length consciousness returned , the poor fellow appeared to be suffering the most excruciating agony . As soon as I was once more able to look The Wreck . II.
... before the faintest signs of returning animation were per- ceived ; and when at length consciousness returned , the poor fellow appeared to be suffering the most excruciating agony . As soon as I was once more able to look The Wreck . II.
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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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