The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 148Atlantic Monthly Company, 1931 - American essays |
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Page 89
The boy laughed and went down to the main deck , entered the closet under the light , and stood on the seat to open the door of the lantern . With a match he broke the crust off the wick and turned it up till it burned with a clear ...
The boy laughed and went down to the main deck , entered the closet under the light , and stood on the seat to open the door of the lantern . With a match he broke the crust off the wick and turned it up till it burned with a clear ...
Page 254
face of the sea the water turns translucent , so now the gray fog turns white with opalescent warmths of light until , with a new , shrill cry in the motor , shredding the last wisps of cloud , our plane leaps up into the sun .
face of the sea the water turns translucent , so now the gray fog turns white with opalescent warmths of light until , with a new , shrill cry in the motor , shredding the last wisps of cloud , our plane leaps up into the sun .
Page 463
Except for a long swell the sea was almost calm , the soft wind raising only a light ripple on the surface , but the cat's - paws made a constant lapping and gurgling against the floating mast and the timbers of the top , and these ...
Except for a long swell the sea was almost calm , the soft wind raising only a light ripple on the surface , but the cat's - paws made a constant lapping and gurgling against the floating mast and the timbers of the top , and these ...
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