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... snow , though the sea- son was advanced to the middle of the first month in sum- mer . The weather was not very cold , however , and there was a feeling about it that promised it would become 176 THE SEA LIONS . CHAPTER XIII. ...
... snow , though the sea- son was advanced to the middle of the first month in sum- mer . The weather was not very cold , however , and there was a feeling about it that promised it would become 176 THE SEA LIONS . CHAPTER XIII. ...
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... snow . Evergreens re- lieve the aspect of sterility , in places that are a little shel- tered , and there is a meagre vegetation in spots that serve to sustain animal life . The first strait which separates this cluster of islands from ...
... snow . Evergreens re- lieve the aspect of sterility , in places that are a little shel- tered , and there is a meagre vegetation in spots that serve to sustain animal life . The first strait which separates this cluster of islands from ...
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... snow . The pyramid on which they were , however , was no longer white with the congealed rain , but stood , stern and imposing , in its native brown . The out- lines of all the rocks , and the shores of the different islands , had an ...
... snow . The pyramid on which they were , however , was no longer white with the congealed rain , but stood , stern and imposing , in its native brown . The out- lines of all the rocks , and the shores of the different islands , had an ...
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... snow , but sufficiently steady and not so fresh as to compel our adventurers to carry very short sail . The smoothness of the water would of itself have announced the vicinity of ice : not only did Gardiner's calculations tell him as ...
... snow , but sufficiently steady and not so fresh as to compel our adventurers to carry very short sail . The smoothness of the water would of itself have announced the vicinity of ice : not only did Gardiner's calculations tell him as ...
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... snow , and its frowning and fixed aspect amid a scene that might other- wise be said to be ever in motion . Roswell Gardiner's heart beat with delight when assured of success in discovering this , the first great goal of his destination ...
... snow , and its frowning and fixed aspect amid a scene that might other- wise be said to be ever in motion . Roswell Gardiner's heart beat with delight when assured of success in discovering this , the first great goal of his destination ...
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Seite 91 - And I have loved thee, Ocean ! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wanton'd with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here.
Seite 266 - em to be, now, almost as useful as almanacs. Read what it says about the seasons, child." " It says, sir, that the changes in the seasons are owing to ' the inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit.
Seite 404 - Have patience, gentle friends ; I must not read it ; It is not meet you know how Caesar loved you. You are not wood, you are not stones, but men ; And, being men, hearing the will of Caesar, It will inflame you, it will make you mad. Tis good you know not that you are his heirs ; For if you should, O, what would come of it ! 4 Cit.
Seite 304 - To prayer; — for the glorious sun is gone, And the gathering darkness of night comes on ; Like a curtain from God's kind hand it flows To shade the couch where his children repose. Then kneel, while the watching stars are bright, And give your last thoughts to the Guardian of night.
Seite 87 - And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve ; whether the gods which your fathers* served that were on the other side of the flood, t or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Seite 196 - all work, and no play, makes Jack a dull boy...
Seite 266 - 'arth's orbit has an inclination towards changes,' you say." "The changes in the seasons, sir, are owing to 'the inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit.
Seite 106 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean— roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save his own, When, for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown.
Seite 413 - In the name of God, amen. I, Ichabod Pratt, of the town of Southold, and county of Suffolk, and State of New York, being of failing bodily health, but of sound mind, do make and declare this to be my last will and testament. " I bequeath to my niece, Mary Pratt, only child of...
Seite 319 - My foot on the iceberg has lighted. When hoarse the wild winds veer about ; My eye, when the bark is benighted, Sees the lamp of the light-house go out. I'm the sea-bird, sea-bird, sea-bird, Lone looker on despair ; The sea-bird, sea-bird, sea-bird, The only witness there.