The Ship-dwellers: A Story of a Happy CruiseHarper and brothers, 1910 - 393 pages |
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... means perfectly happy , but I struggled on deck quite early , and found company . A stout youngish man was marching round and round vigorously as if the number of laps he might achieve was vital . He fetched up suddenly as I stepped on ...
... means perfectly happy , but I struggled on deck quite early , and found company . A stout youngish man was marching round and round vigorously as if the number of laps he might achieve was vital . He fetched up suddenly as I stepped on ...
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... mean . In the dining - room forward there are religious exercises - prayers and a song service under the direction of the Promoter - a repetition , no doubt , of the very excellent programme given this morning . Far aft , on the quarter ...
... mean . In the dining - room forward there are religious exercises - prayers and a song service under the direction of the Promoter - a repetition , no doubt , of the very excellent programme given this morning . Far aft , on the quarter ...
Page 23
... impossible " that the meeting would occur next morning , and this we took to mean that wireless communication had been established , though we were not further informed . There was a wild gale during the night and a 23 IV WE BECOME HISTORY.
... impossible " that the meeting would occur next morning , and this we took to mean that wireless communication had been established , though we were not further informed . There was a wild gale during the night and a 23 IV WE BECOME HISTORY.
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... means in the well - regulated civilized country we've left behind that it's just four o'clock , and time to turn over and settle down and really enjoy life . The result is you swear at the bugler , when you ought to love him for the ...
... means in the well - regulated civilized country we've left behind that it's just four o'clock , and time to turn over and settle down and really enjoy life . The result is you swear at the bugler , when you ought to love him for the ...
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... mean- we danced . They have put a stout awning over the quarter - deck and strung a lot of electric globes there so that when the music is going and the illumination is turned on , the place is gay and pretty and cosey , and those of us ...
... mean- we danced . They have put a stout awning over the quarter - deck and strung a lot of electric globes there so that when the music is going and the illumination is turned on , the place is gay and pretty and cosey , and those of us ...
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Page 136 - Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. 32 IT And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
Page 135 - Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Page 31 - Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and, sitting well in order, smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down: It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho...
Page 99 - And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
Page 135 - Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say ? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods : because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
Page 300 - For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
Page 274 - And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain.
Page 135 - May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. 21 (For all the Athenians, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing...
Page 300 - Reader. Because of the Temple which is destroyed, Because of the walls which are broken down, Because of our greatness which is departed, Because of the precious stones of the Temple ground to powder, Because of our priests who have erred and gone astray, Because of our kings who have contemned God — People. We sit alone and weep.
Page 226 - And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.