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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... 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- posed of to one who was likely to reverse these con- ditions - his ...
... 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- posed of to one who was likely to reverse these con- ditions - his ...
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... basis of theory only , and , perhaps , the added pre- mise that nature would not allow so vast a tract as the Antarctic Continent to lie desolate . But , curi- ously enough , about the time I arrived in New 7 Renew an Old Dream.
... basis of theory only , and , perhaps , the added pre- mise that nature would not allow so vast a tract as the Antarctic Continent to lie desolate . But , curi- ously enough , about the time I arrived in New 7 Renew an Old Dream.
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... nature to prevent the northern sea from becoming one mighty solidified mass . Now , ice - floes could not be forced inland , as would have to be the case in the Antarctics where there was admittedly a continent instead of a sea . Around ...
... nature to prevent the northern sea from becoming one mighty solidified mass . Now , ice - floes could not be forced inland , as would have to be the case in the Antarctics where there was admittedly a continent instead of a sea . Around ...
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... natural curiosity to learn something of what sort of vessel would result from these con- ditions . As I drew nearer I was still further impressed with her remarkable breadth of beam , suggesting comfort rather than speed , and by the ...
... natural curiosity to learn something of what sort of vessel would result from these con- ditions . As I drew nearer I was still further impressed with her remarkable breadth of beam , suggesting comfort rather than speed , and by the ...
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... nature , and willing to back his judgments with his money . Undismayed and merry in mis- fortune , joyous and magnanimous in prosperity , scrupulously careful of his credit , and picturesquely careless of his speech - in a word ...
... nature , and willing to back his judgments with his money . Undismayed and merry in mis- fortune , joyous and magnanimous in prosperity , scrupulously careful of his credit , and picturesquely careless of his speech - in a word ...
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ahead ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE altogether Antarctic Antarctic Circle ascended balloon barrier beautiful believe berg Bill Billowcrest boat Bottle Bay brown cows cabin Cape Horn Captain Biffer Chase Chauncey Gale chord cold comfort dark deck Doolan dream drift EAST SIXTEENTH ST Edith Gale eyes face feet Ferratoni Gale's gwine hand harbor heah ice-wall J. F. TAYLOR Johnnie land Larkins laughed looked lozenges miles Miss Edith Miss Gale morning never Nicholas Nicholas Chase Nick night once perhaps Prince Princess river rope sail sailors seemed ship silent snow South Pole southward story Sturritt tablets TAYLOR & COMPANY telephone tell things thought tide told turned uncle vessel vibrations Victoria Land Violet Fields voice waited wall warm warm river what's wheah wind words York
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