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This ship had been built at Sunderland in 1862 , and in her early days had carried troops to and from India . She was in Calcutta at the time of the great cyclone of October 1864 when , owing to a combination of storm and bore tide ...
This ship had been built at Sunderland in 1862 , and in her early days had carried troops to and from India . She was in Calcutta at the time of the great cyclone of October 1864 when , owing to a combination of storm and bore tide ...
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But what possible grounds have you for seizing the ship like this ? " I asked . " Any court anywhere would say this was piracy . " " No , Captain , it is not piracy , " he replied . He then went on to give the reasons why the ship had ...
But what possible grounds have you for seizing the ship like this ? " I asked . " Any court anywhere would say this was piracy . " " No , Captain , it is not piracy , " he replied . He then went on to give the reasons why the ship had ...
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You came on board the ship I was once serving in , at Sheerness . With a colleague of mine named Frostick . " She was all attention . Her eyes softened and grew luminous . She showed a pleasurable confusion I would not have thought her ...
You came on board the ship I was once serving in , at Sheerness . With a colleague of mine named Frostick . " She was all attention . Her eyes softened and grew luminous . She showed a pleasurable confusion I would not have thought her ...
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