The Lure of the Mediterranean: The Ship Dwellers: a Story of a Happy CruiseHarper & brothers, 1911 - 393 pages |
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Page 66
... light of morning : the mosque ; the governor's palace ; the Arab quarter ; the villas of wealthy Algerines . He drifted away , then , and the Diplomat approached . He also had been in Algiers once before . He said : " Do you see that ...
... light of morning : the mosque ; the governor's palace ; the Arab quarter ; the villas of wealthy Algerines . He drifted away , then , and the Diplomat approached . He also had been in Algiers once before . He said : " Do you see that ...
Page 94
... are sailing to - night before the wind , over a smooth sea , for Malta , and it has grown warm outside and the lights of Corsica are on our starboard bow . TRUTH WE XIII E came a long way around from The Ship - Dwellers.
... are sailing to - night before the wind , over a smooth sea , for Malta , and it has grown warm outside and the lights of Corsica are on our starboard bow . TRUTH WE XIII E came a long way around from The Ship - Dwellers.
Page 112
... light it might be any one of the ancient cities . Ephesus , Antioch , Tyre - it suggests all those names , and we speak of these things in low voices , awed by the spectacle of gathering night and storm . Then , as the picture fades ...
... light it might be any one of the ancient cities . Ephesus , Antioch , Tyre - it suggests all those names , and we speak of these things in low voices , awed by the spectacle of gathering night and storm . Then , as the picture fades ...
Page 118
... light was coming in and that we were lying at anchor . I was up by that time . It was just at the first sunrising , and the stretch of water between the ship and the shore had turned a pinkish hue . Beyond it were some buildings , and ...
... light was coming in and that we were lying at anchor . I was up by that time . It was just at the first sunrising , and the stretch of water between the ship and the shore had turned a pinkish hue . Beyond it were some buildings , and ...
Page 119
... light came fast now , and with my glass I could bring the hilltop near . I could make out the Parthe- non - also the Temple of Victory , I thought , and those marble women who have seen races pass and nations crumble , and religions ...
... light came fast now , and with my glass I could bring the hilltop near . I could make out the Parthe- non - also the Temple of Victory , I thought , and those marble women who have seen races pass and nations crumble , and religions ...
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