The Sea Lions; Or, The Lost SealersStringer & Townsend, 1849 |
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... passed half a life in the endeavour to push his discoveries into those remote and frozen regions . He bears the name of the most distinguished of the philo- sophers of this country ; and nature has stamped on his features by one of ...
... passed half a life in the endeavour to push his discoveries into those remote and frozen regions . He bears the name of the most distinguished of the philo- sophers of this country ; and nature has stamped on his features by one of ...
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... passing too rapidly from the gristle into the bone , any longer to suffer antics of this nature to be played in front of his cradle . But such was not his condition in the war of 1812 , and the good people of Oyster Pond had become ...
... passing too rapidly from the gristle into the bone , any longer to suffer antics of this nature to be played in front of his cradle . But such was not his condition in the war of 1812 , and the good people of Oyster Pond had become ...
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... passing away , as priests and bishops are apt to do , with more or less of the savour of godliness . The other species are purely laymen , and are sui generis . They are , ex offi- cio , the most pious men in a neighbourhood , as they ...
... passing away , as priests and bishops are apt to do , with more or less of the savour of godliness . The other species are purely laymen , and are sui generis . They are , ex offi- cio , the most pious men in a neighbourhood , as they ...
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... passing receipts " on quitting , for one to stay any time in a New England dwelling , unless prepared to pay for his board . The free and frank habits that prevail among relatives and friends elsewhere , are nearly unknown there , every ...
... passing receipts " on quitting , for one to stay any time in a New England dwelling , unless prepared to pay for his board . The free and frank habits that prevail among relatives and friends elsewhere , are nearly unknown there , every ...
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... passed their days with " Gar'ner's Island " directly before their eyes . A few of the gossips of this class pretended to say that their own young sailor stood next in succession after the immediate family actually in possession should ...
... passed their days with " Gar'ner's Island " directly before their eyes . A few of the gossips of this class pretended to say that their own young sailor stood next in succession after the immediate family actually in possession should ...
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Page 88 - Beside the Moldau's rushing stream, With the wan moon overhead, There stood, as in an awful dream, The army of the dead. White as a sea-fog, landward bound, The spectral camp was seen, And, with a sorrowful, deep sound, The river flowed between. No other voice nor sound was there, No drum, nor sentry's pace ; The mist-like banners clasped the air, As clouds with clouds embrace. But, when the old cathedral bell Proclaimed...