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Page 4
Of course , I was dreaming againonly , this time , perhaps , I could make the
dream come true . I began to read advertisements . I found that a good many
shiploads of " Pilgrims ” had followed that first little band to the Orient — that the
first ...
Of course , I was dreaming againonly , this time , perhaps , I could make the
dream come true . I began to read advertisements . I found that a good many
shiploads of " Pilgrims ” had followed that first little band to the Orient — that the
first ...
Page 10
I had engaged a steamer - chair , and soon after luncheon I thought I would take
a cigar and a book on Italy and come out here and sit in it - in the chair , of course
— and smoke and think and look out to sea . But when I got to the door of my ...
I had engaged a steamer - chair , and soon after luncheon I thought I would take
a cigar and a book on Italy and come out here and sit in it - in the chair , of course
— and smoke and think and look out to sea . But when I got to the door of my ...
Page 18
Then , of course , we start in to classify and distinguish , and suddenly find that
there is scarcely anything to classify and less still to distinguish . I am morally
certain that there are not ten of us on this vessel who could tell with certainty the ...
Then , of course , we start in to classify and distinguish , and suddenly find that
there is scarcely anything to classify and less still to distinguish . I am morally
certain that there are not ten of us on this vessel who could tell with certainty the ...
Page 20
We are officially German on this ship , and the language prevails . Our passenger
- list shows that we are fully half German , I believe , and of course all the officers
and stewards are of that race . The consequence is that everybody on the ship ...
We are officially German on this ship , and the language prevails . Our passenger
- list shows that we are fully half German , I believe , and of course all the officers
and stewards are of that race . The consequence is that everybody on the ship ...
Page 23
It was only a possibility , of course , for even a fleet is a mere speck on a wide
waste of ocean , and with engines on both sides driving at full speed the chances
of intersection were small . So we went about figuring and speculating and ...
It was only a possibility , of course , for even a fleet is a mere speck on a wide
waste of ocean , and with engines on both sides driving at full speed the chances
of intersection were small . So we went about figuring and speculating and ...
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| Title | The Lure of the Mediterranean: The Ship Dwellers: a Story of a Happy Cruise The Lure of the Mediterranean: The Ship Dwellers: a Story of a Happy Cruise, Albert Bigelow Paine |
| Author | Albert Bigelow Paine |
| Publisher | Harper & brothers, 1911 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 26 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 393 pages |
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