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Stran 6
When we tried the skis in the fresh snow they would neither ski nor walk for us ; and on the slide they just would tie our extremities into a knot . To see a fellow light squarely on head and face and double up like a carpenter's rule ...
When we tried the skis in the fresh snow they would neither ski nor walk for us ; and on the slide they just would tie our extremities into a knot . To see a fellow light squarely on head and face and double up like a carpenter's rule ...
Stran 10
Among the fish most commonly caught in these waters are the sea bass , mackerel , sheep's - head , smelt , rock cod , sculpin and rainbow perch . This last named species is of peculiar biological interest , being a viviparous fish ...
Among the fish most commonly caught in these waters are the sea bass , mackerel , sheep's - head , smelt , rock cod , sculpin and rainbow perch . This last named species is of peculiar biological interest , being a viviparous fish ...
Stran 18
A large barrel was planted by this platform leaning against it ; a pile of boulders or “ Niggerhead " stones about the size of a small child's head , was provided ; a good log fire made , into which these stones were thrown and heated ...
A large barrel was planted by this platform leaning against it ; a pile of boulders or “ Niggerhead " stones about the size of a small child's head , was provided ; a good log fire made , into which these stones were thrown and heated ...
Stran 22
My landlady , a wrinkled crone with a skin like a walnut shell , and three hairs lashed to her head by a rusty black ribbon - assured me that none but the most select were to be accommodated at her house . Myself , and two young ladies ...
My landlady , a wrinkled crone with a skin like a walnut shell , and three hairs lashed to her head by a rusty black ribbon - assured me that none but the most select were to be accommodated at her house . Myself , and two young ladies ...
Stran 23
The young man's head , splendidly poised , is held high , and his right hand is raised , as though to compel your attention . My eyes again sought the statue - and unconscious of the passage of time - I stood on the pavement and watched ...
The young man's head , splendidly poised , is held high , and his right hand is raised , as though to compel your attention . My eyes again sought the statue - and unconscious of the passage of time - I stood on the pavement and watched ...
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Stran 232 - Behind him lay the gray Azores, Behind the Gates of Hercules ; Before him not the ghost of shores, Before him only shoreless seas. The good mate said : "Now must we pray, For lo ! the very stars are gone. Brave Admiral, speak, what shall I say ?" "Why, say, 'Sail on ! sail on ! and on !'" "My men grow mutinous day by day; My men grow ghastly wan and weak.
Stran 158 - Sail on ! sail on ! sail on ! and on !" Then pale and worn, he paced his deck, And peered through darkness.
Stran 158 - The stout mate thought of home; a spray Of salt wave washed his swarthy cheek. "What shall I say, brave Adm'r'l, say, If we sight naught but seas at dawn?" "Why, you shall say, at break of day: 'Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!
Stran 133 - I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.
Stran 113 - The bravest battle that ever was fought! Shall I tell you where and when ? On the maps of the world you will find it not : 'Twas fought by the mothers of men.
Stran 232 - BEHIND him lay the gray Azores, Behind, the Gates of Hercules ; Before him not the ghost of shores ; Before him only shoreless seas. The good mate said: "Now must we pray, For lo ! the very stars are gone. Brave Admiral, speak; what shall I say?
Stran 113 - In men whom men pronounce divine I find so much of sin and blot, I hesitate to draw a line Between the two, where God has not.
Stran 158 - This mad sea shows his teeth tonight. He curls his lip, he lies in wait. With lifted teeth, as if to bite! Brave Adm'r'l, say but one good word: What shall we do when hope is gone?" The words leapt like a leaping sword: "Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!
Stran 87 - For ever and aye in dust at his side ? " Look at the roses saluting each other ; Look at the herds all at peace on the plain. Man, and man only, makes war on his brother ; And laughs in his heart at his peril and pain : Shamed by the beasts that go down on the plain. " Is it worth while that we battle to humble Some poor fellow down into the dust...
Stran 158 - Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!" Then, pale and worn, he kept his deck, And peered through darkness. Ah, that night Of all dark nights! And then a speck — A light!