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The first course of boards was laid and a straight pole placed on them and tied or secured in postion to firmly hold this course in place . Then the second course was laid lapping six inches over the first and secured in like manner ...
The first course of boards was laid and a straight pole placed on them and tied or secured in postion to firmly hold this course in place . Then the second course was laid lapping six inches over the first and secured in like manner ...
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Father with axe and adz made a large number of small wooden troughs , each sufficient to hold the drippings from one tree for twenty - four hours . He then took hard elder stems which he cut into eight inch lengths , pushed out the pith ...
Father with axe and adz made a large number of small wooden troughs , each sufficient to hold the drippings from one tree for twenty - four hours . He then took hard elder stems which he cut into eight inch lengths , pushed out the pith ...
Stran 32
The pitying and sorrowful look on old Spike's face changed to one of resigna tion , but he was game . " I know ye're looney , Colonel , but I'll have to take the bet , " and he produced a twenty from his clothes . “ Who'll hold the ...
The pitying and sorrowful look on old Spike's face changed to one of resigna tion , but he was game . " I know ye're looney , Colonel , but I'll have to take the bet , " and he produced a twenty from his clothes . “ Who'll hold the ...
Stran 35
He shoved his candle into a crevice , seized a long drill from the floor and with a yell of " hold ' er , I'm acomin ' ” he dashed to the rescue . Getting one shoulder under the rock , he set his sturdy figure and heaved mightily ...
He shoved his candle into a crevice , seized a long drill from the floor and with a yell of " hold ' er , I'm acomin ' ” he dashed to the rescue . Getting one shoulder under the rock , he set his sturdy figure and heaved mightily ...
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Scotty loosed his hold and Johnson " Tell it in court , Scotty . You know sank down with a moan of pain . it is my duty to take you back . " John“ Nothing doing , Johnson . You can't son's voice was soft , persuasive . take me back .
Scotty loosed his hold and Johnson " Tell it in court , Scotty . You know sank down with a moan of pain . it is my duty to take you back . " John“ Nothing doing , Johnson . You can't son's voice was soft , persuasive . take me back .
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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!