The Sea Lions; Or, The Lost SealersStringer & Townsend, 1849 |
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Page 193
... bergs . The floating hills were grand ob- jects to the eye , rolling and wallowing in the seas ; but they were much worn and melted by the wash of the ocean , and comparatively of greatly diminished size . It was now absolutely ...
... bergs . The floating hills were grand ob- jects to the eye , rolling and wallowing in the seas ; but they were much worn and melted by the wash of the ocean , and comparatively of greatly diminished size . It was now absolutely ...
Page 194
... bergs were of all the hues of the rainbow , as the sunlight gilded their summits or sides , or they were left shaded by the interposition of dark and murky clouds . There were instances when certain of the huge frozen masses even ...
... bergs were of all the hues of the rainbow , as the sunlight gilded their summits or sides , or they were left shaded by the interposition of dark and murky clouds . There were instances when certain of the huge frozen masses even ...
Page 195
... bergs and sunken masses had drifted off so far to the northward , that once within them the schooner had pretty plain sailing ; and Roswell , to lose none of the precious time of the season , ventured to run , though under very short ...
... bergs and sunken masses had drifted off so far to the northward , that once within them the schooner had pretty plain sailing ; and Roswell , to lose none of the precious time of the season , ventured to run , though under very short ...
Page 196
... bergs , though that heaving and setting , which has been likened to the respira- tion of some monster , and which seamen call the " ground- swell , " is never entirely wanting among the waters of an ocean . On the present occasion , our ...
... bergs , though that heaving and setting , which has been likened to the respira- tion of some monster , and which seamen call the " ground- swell , " is never entirely wanting among the waters of an ocean . On the present occasion , our ...
Page 197
... bergs for real mountains , when , owing to the manner in which the light fell upon them , or rather did not fall upon them directly , they ap peared dark and earthy . Each time , however , the sun's rays soon came to undeceive him ; and ...
... bergs for real mountains , when , owing to the manner in which the light fell upon them , or rather did not fall upon them directly , they ap peared dark and earthy . Each time , however , the sun's rays soon came to undeceive him ; and ...
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