Cooper's Sea Tales, Band 4Stringer and Townsend, 1857 |
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... less , of the infinity of details that make up the sum of the incidents of the sea . Historians glean a few prom- inent circumstances , connected perhaps with battles , treaties , shipwrecks , or chases , and the rest is left a blank to ...
... less , of the infinity of details that make up the sum of the incidents of the sea . Historians glean a few prom- inent circumstances , connected perhaps with battles , treaties , shipwrecks , or chases , and the rest is left a blank to ...
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... less common in the waters of Italy , than in the Bay of Biscay and the British Channel , was the construction of the vessel in question ; a circumstance that the mariners who eyed her from the shores of Elba , deemed indicative of ...
... less common in the waters of Italy , than in the Bay of Biscay and the British Channel , was the construction of the vessel in question ; a circumstance that the mariners who eyed her from the shores of Elba , deemed indicative of ...
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... less refined portion of their com- panions . In speaking of condition , however , the word must be understood with an exceedingly limited meaning . Porto Ferrajo had but two classes of society , the trades - people and the labourers ...
... less refined portion of their com- panions . In speaking of condition , however , the word must be understood with an exceedingly limited meaning . Porto Ferrajo had but two classes of society , the trades - people and the labourers ...
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... less unmoved in frame , at the report , than this slight girl . She even imitated the manner of the soldiers , by turning to watch the flight of the shot , though she clasped her hands as she did so , and ap- peared to await the result ...
... less unmoved in frame , at the report , than this slight girl . She even imitated the manner of the soldiers , by turning to watch the flight of the shot , though she clasped her hands as she did so , and ap- peared to await the result ...
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... less of the beauty that adorns a picture , perhaps , than the strictly latine rig ; but it approaches so near it as to be always pleasing to the eye , and , in the particular evo- lution described , is scarcely less attractive . To the ...
... less of the beauty that adorns a picture , perhaps , than the strictly latine rig ; but it approaches so near it as to be always pleasing to the eye , and , in the particular evo- lution described , is scarcely less attractive . To the ...
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