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... ship borne with tremendous force by the rising tide into the mouth of the river , and encountering a north - west wind which had succeeded the gale , as northwest winds often do on this coast . The ship , from what might be observed in ...
... ship borne with tremendous force by the rising tide into the mouth of the river , and encountering a north - west wind which had succeeded the gale , as northwest winds often do on this coast . The ship , from what might be observed in ...
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... ship rose on a great wave clear out of the water , and the next second seemed to leap with a desperate plunge into the narrow passage ; for a moment there was a shivering of the masts and the rigging , and she went down and was gone ...
... ship rose on a great wave clear out of the water , and the next second seemed to leap with a desperate plunge into the narrow passage ; for a moment there was a shivering of the masts and the rigging , and she went down and was gone ...
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... ship - master of the brig Flying Scud , who that morning had dressed himself gayly in his state - room to go on shore and meet his wife , — singing and jesting as he did so . This is all that you have to learn in the room below ; but as ...
... ship - master of the brig Flying Scud , who that morning had dressed himself gayly in his state - room to go on shore and meet his wife , — singing and jesting as he did so . This is all that you have to learn in the room below ; but as ...
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... ship went down . This woman was wife to him who lies below , and within the hour has been made mother to a frail little human exist- ence , which the storm of a great anguish has driven untime- ly on the shores of life , a precious ...
... ship went down . This woman was wife to him who lies below , and within the hour has been made mother to a frail little human exist- ence , which the storm of a great anguish has driven untime- ly on the shores of life , a precious ...
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... ship can go , - to all usual and unusual ports . His hard , shrewd , weather - beaten visage had been seen looking over the railings of his brig in the port of Genoa , swept round by its splendid crescent of palaces and its snow ...
... ship can go , - to all usual and unusual ports . His hard , shrewd , weather - beaten visage had been seen looking over the railings of his brig in the port of Genoa , swept round by its splendid crescent of palaces and its snow ...
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The Pearl of Orr's Island: A Story of the Coast of Maine (Classic Reprint) Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe No preview available - 2015 |
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