The Great White Way: A Record of an Unusual Voyage of Discovery, and Some Romantic Love Affairs Amid Strange SurroundingsJ. F. Taylor, 1901 - 323 страници |
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... half - heartedly and with insig- nificant results - it was only natural that I should set my face seaward . My custom , of which there was never any great amount , and my goodwill , of which there was ever an abundance , I had dis ...
... half - heartedly and with insig- nificant results - it was only natural that I should set my face seaward . My custom , of which there was never any great amount , and my goodwill , of which there was ever an abundance , I had dis ...
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... half a poet - had been in the foreign trade . I remembered him dimly as a big brown - faced man who had told me of far lands and shipwrecks , and rocked me to sleep to the words and tune of an old hymn , of which I could still repeat ...
... half a poet - had been in the foreign trade . I remembered him dimly as a big brown - faced man who had told me of far lands and shipwrecks , and rocked me to sleep to the words and tune of an old hymn , of which I could still repeat ...
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... half of his name and a number of precious trinkets brought home during his early days of seafaring — also , it was supposed , something of his tastes and disposition . In a manner I was his heir , and the tall - masted , black - hulled ...
... half of his name and a number of precious trinkets brought home during his early days of seafaring — also , it was supposed , something of his tastes and disposition . In a manner I was his heir , and the tall - masted , black - hulled ...
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... half extending my hand , after the man- ner of the West . " Mr. Gale , " I said . The solemn man waved me aside - somewhat ner- vously it seemed . " No - I'm - that is , I'm not Mr. Gale . I'm only the his steward , " he explained ...
... half extending my hand , after the man- ner of the West . " Mr. Gale , " I said . The solemn man waved me aside - somewhat ner- vously it seemed . " No - I'm - that is , I'm not Mr. Gale . I'm only the his steward , " he explained ...
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... half unconsciously I had adopted its directness , and perhaps this pleased him . " Say , but that's a cool proposition , " he com- mented . " We might get snowed up on that speculation , don't you think so ? " " Well , of course it ...
... half unconsciously I had adopted its directness , and perhaps this pleased him . " Say , but that's a cool proposition , " he com- mented . " We might get snowed up on that speculation , don't you think so ? " " Well , of course it ...
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