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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... looked gloomier than usual , owing to my emerging from the brilliant streets of the city . Here and there one could discern the tracery of rigging defined against the sky . An occasional glimmer of a smoky lamp , a hoarse voice , the ...
... looked gloomier than usual , owing to my emerging from the brilliant streets of the city . Here and there one could discern the tracery of rigging defined against the sky . An occasional glimmer of a smoky lamp , a hoarse voice , the ...
Page 23
... looked , my expres- sion must have out - rivalled theirs , as I stood supporting myself by the rail of the vessel , and swaying to and fro with every roll of the sea- sea - sickness and dismay blended in my counte- nance , " How did you ...
... looked , my expres- sion must have out - rivalled theirs , as I stood supporting myself by the rail of the vessel , and swaying to and fro with every roll of the sea- sea - sickness and dismay blended in my counte- nance , " How did you ...
Page 34
... looked upon as a very desirable subject upon which to practise a little etching , but I resisted all over- tures , and he was forced to content himself with adding a few dolphins to the waters which sur- rounded a ship under full sail ...
... looked upon as a very desirable subject upon which to practise a little etching , but I resisted all over- tures , and he was forced to content himself with adding a few dolphins to the waters which sur- rounded a ship under full sail ...
Page 36
... looked ahead , and saw at about two or three cables ' lengths off , that the color of the water was entirely different . But it looked dark , I could not detect the slightest bluish tint . I had barely time to say so timidly , when the ...
... looked ahead , and saw at about two or three cables ' lengths off , that the color of the water was entirely different . But it looked dark , I could not detect the slightest bluish tint . I had barely time to say so timidly , when the ...
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... looked as if they had been used for cleaning bedsteads ; and I was once more left alone , as the captain rolled over into his berth with a last kind word and a cheery good - night . So , by the light of a miserable lamp , and with the ...
... looked as if they had been used for cleaning bedsteads ; and I was once more left alone , as the captain rolled over into his berth with a last kind word and a cheery good - night . So , by the light of a miserable lamp , and with the ...
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