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... looked too good a ship to be left there until the ice and the gales should destroy her . Then again I felt ( or perhaps I only feel now that I felt ) a pre- monition that our hopes and interests were to be bound up with hers . More ...
... looked too good a ship to be left there until the ice and the gales should destroy her . Then again I felt ( or perhaps I only feel now that I felt ) a pre- monition that our hopes and interests were to be bound up with hers . More ...
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... life . " He was the kindest old man , and there is no doubt had considered his men and looked after them well , but he was no believer Our first business , after the had settled themselves aboard 10 [ July The Salving of the Ulidia .
... life . " He was the kindest old man , and there is no doubt had considered his men and looked after them well , but he was no believer Our first business , after the had settled themselves aboard 10 [ July The Salving of the Ulidia .
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... spring- tides . Things looked black . I sent a despairing telegram to Dawes to despatoh a big tug , if pos- sible with a pump on board , It was eleven o'clock and pitch dark when we ran 1920. ] 21 The Salving of the Ulidia .
... spring- tides . Things looked black . I sent a despairing telegram to Dawes to despatoh a big tug , if pos- sible with a pump on board , It was eleven o'clock and pitch dark when we ran 1920. ] 21 The Salving of the Ulidia .
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... looked out to see what was the matter . Outside I found the gorge in inky black- ness , save for its very topmost rim silvered by the level rays of a setting moon , while over- head , incredibly remote , was a narrow strip of starry sky ...
... looked out to see what was the matter . Outside I found the gorge in inky black- ness , save for its very topmost rim silvered by the level rays of a setting moon , while over- head , incredibly remote , was a narrow strip of starry sky ...
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... looked more dead than alive when I had seen him at the shrine , but now he was legging it like a two - year - old . In fact , he was one of my most energetic persecutors , and it was his persistent proddings with his pilgrim's staff ...
... looked more dead than alive when I had seen him at the shrine , but now he was legging it like a two - year - old . In fact , he was one of my most energetic persecutors , and it was his persistent proddings with his pilgrim's staff ...
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