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... vessel ; commenting upon the abundance of the poultry , and the smallness of the pigs , hazard- ing an opinion , unaware of seamen's resources , that no one could milk the cow in that mere box ; and declaring it impossible that so many ...
... vessel ; commenting upon the abundance of the poultry , and the smallness of the pigs , hazard- ing an opinion , unaware of seamen's resources , that no one could milk the cow in that mere box ; and declaring it impossible that so many ...
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... vessel gently turning aside the water under her bows , rose into a surging swell as the increasing impetus of the ship's way gave a larger and larger curve to the parted sea ; and the wind grew stronger , and yet stronger , and one ...
... vessel gently turning aside the water under her bows , rose into a surging swell as the increasing impetus of the ship's way gave a larger and larger curve to the parted sea ; and the wind grew stronger , and yet stronger , and one ...
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... vessel drifted before the wind , rising , diving , and receding in large curves upon the big waves ; and we sympathized with the Petrel in her ease . * * * Small jokes were played ; as that upon the old lady of seventy , who being told ...
... vessel drifted before the wind , rising , diving , and receding in large curves upon the big waves ; and we sympathized with the Petrel in her ease . * * * Small jokes were played ; as that upon the old lady of seventy , who being told ...
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... vessel , watching the monsters of the deep . Respecting these gigantic beings of whom so little is known I will now give you such information as many whaling voyages have enabled me to accumulate . The great whale fishery may be divided ...
... vessel , watching the monsters of the deep . Respecting these gigantic beings of whom so little is known I will now give you such information as many whaling voyages have enabled me to accumulate . The great whale fishery may be divided ...
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... vessel conveying the blood of the whale from the heart is sometimes twelve inches in diameter , propelling forward ten or twelve gallons at a stroke . The roof of the mouth , the tongue , and teeth , are white , and glisten in the water ...
... vessel conveying the blood of the whale from the heart is sometimes twelve inches in diameter , propelling forward ten or twelve gallons at a stroke . The roof of the mouth , the tongue , and teeth , are white , and glisten in the water ...
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Seite 227 - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these having not the law, are a law unto themselves ; which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another,) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to.
Seite 36 - YE Mariners of England ! That guard our native seas ; Whose flag has braved a thousand years The battle and the breeze ! Your glorious standard launch again To match another foe ! And sweep through the deep, While the stormy winds do blow ; While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Seite 42 - And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of; the length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
Seite 142 - Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats; but the genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge. The islands...
Seite 142 - The clouds still rested on one half of it, insomuch that I could discover nothing in it: but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them.
Seite 36 - Her home is on the deep. With thunders from her native oak She quells the floods below — As they roar on the shore, When the stormy winds do blow ; When the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Seite 178 - Within a long recess there lies a bay : An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride : Broke by the jutting land on either side, In double streams the briny waters glide, Betwixt two rows of rocks : a sylvan scene Appears above, and groves for ever green : A grot is form'd beneath, with mossy seats, To rest the Nereids, and exclude the heats.
Seite 7 - When by the dreadful tempest borne High on the broken wave, They know Thou art not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save.
Seite 43 - And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand and on their left.
Seite 50 - And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: And they shall see his face ; and his name shall be in their foreheads.