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Stran 10
There is an intoxicating stimulus in the scamper down the beach for the morning plunge , after crawling out of a sleeping - bag , and the appetite soon acquired is phenomenal . It is capable of hot cakes , ham and eggs , fried fish ...
There is an intoxicating stimulus in the scamper down the beach for the morning plunge , after crawling out of a sleeping - bag , and the appetite soon acquired is phenomenal . It is capable of hot cakes , ham and eggs , fried fish ...
Stran 12
Could I forget so soon That dear old place where rustling palm leaves grow ? Could I forget all that luxuriant bloom And blue , blue sky above it all ? Oh no ! I still return in fancy to delight , In what my soul in bygone days did know ...
Could I forget so soon That dear old place where rustling palm leaves grow ? Could I forget all that luxuriant bloom And blue , blue sky above it all ? Oh no ! I still return in fancy to delight , In what my soul in bygone days did know ...
Stran 16
The mother sows soon learned to feed in bands , and , when the wolves made their attack , to bunch the little pigs and surround them , standing with their snouts outward and thus to successfully fight the wolves off .
The mother sows soon learned to feed in bands , and , when the wolves made their attack , to bunch the little pigs and surround them , standing with their snouts outward and thus to successfully fight the wolves off .
Stran 32
Colonel Carson wasted no time , but burst forth at once . “ How be I , you old scoundrel ; I'll soon show you how I am , you ungrateful , sneaking , pestiferous old thief . Do you know what I'm going to do with you ?
Colonel Carson wasted no time , but burst forth at once . “ How be I , you old scoundrel ; I'll soon show you how I am , you ungrateful , sneaking , pestiferous old thief . Do you know what I'm going to do with you ?
Stran 33
Jim was soon properly dressed , given a room , treated innumerably times , and became quite a personage . Everybody was questioned , and parties were sent out on the roads . No trace could be found of a wagon with such a load , and in ...
Jim was soon properly dressed , given a room , treated innumerably times , and became quite a personage . Everybody was questioned , and parties were sent out on the roads . No trace could be found of a wagon with such a load , and in ...
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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!