The Young Wrecker of the Florida Reef: Or, The Trials and Adventures of Fred RansomJames S. Claxton, successor to Wm. S. & Alfred Martien, no. 606 Chestnut Street, 1866 - 381 pages |
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Page 16
... eyes the beauty of gondolas . And yet they were sorry looking vessels , the largest not more than a hundred tons burthen . Of course , it was not long before I formed . the acquaintance of some of the people who sailed in 16 THE YOUNG ...
... eyes the beauty of gondolas . And yet they were sorry looking vessels , the largest not more than a hundred tons burthen . Of course , it was not long before I formed . the acquaintance of some of the people who sailed in 16 THE YOUNG ...
Page 27
... owing to the violent rolling of the vessel , and rushing up on deck , discovered myself to their astonished eyes . The question soon arose as to what was to be done . What could not be done was very plain OR FRED RANSOM . 27.
... owing to the violent rolling of the vessel , and rushing up on deck , discovered myself to their astonished eyes . The question soon arose as to what was to be done . What could not be done was very plain OR FRED RANSOM . 27.
Page 28
... eyes of every good skipper , and I was soon set at work to earn my right to the passage which I was taking very much against my will . I was very anxious to do what I could , to render my title good to my board and lodging , and to 28 ...
... eyes of every good skipper , and I was soon set at work to earn my right to the passage which I was taking very much against my will . I was very anxious to do what I could , to render my title good to my board and lodging , and to 28 ...
Page 37
... eye , seemed to betoken immediate rain , gathered in huge masses like mountains in the sky . As I was watching these form and dissolve , and change unceasingly , I suddenly observed a tiny cone protrude from one . I knew in a moment ...
... eye , seemed to betoken immediate rain , gathered in huge masses like mountains in the sky . As I was watching these form and dissolve , and change unceasingly , I suddenly observed a tiny cone protrude from one . I knew in a moment ...
Page 66
... eye placed on the outside of one of the shafts . Even with two persons , —what with the big gig - top and the people inside of it , and the negro on the horse , the horse seems to be the smallest part of the turn - out . He is ...
... eye placed on the outside of one of the shafts . Even with two persons , —what with the big gig - top and the people inside of it , and the negro on the horse , the horse seems to be the smallest part of the turn - out . He is ...
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