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... fire - fly , whilst innumerable wrinkles would radiate from the outer corners . He was never without a plug of the weed of wisdom in his mouth , and the drainings from it imparted a liquorice appearance to his mouth and teeth . He was a ...
... fire - fly , whilst innumerable wrinkles would radiate from the outer corners . He was never without a plug of the weed of wisdom in his mouth , and the drainings from it imparted a liquorice appearance to his mouth and teeth . He was a ...
Pagina 37
... fires should be extinguished at eight o'clock P.M .; and to all appearance , when the officer of the watch went his rounds , they were so ; but he had no sooner resumed his pacing on the poop , when , by removing a layer of ashes , some ...
... fires should be extinguished at eight o'clock P.M .; and to all appearance , when the officer of the watch went his rounds , they were so ; but he had no sooner resumed his pacing on the poop , when , by removing a layer of ashes , some ...
Pagina 47
... fire , as we could distinguish for miles around from the volumes of smoke it cast up . As evening again closed in , the advance of the destructive element was more apparent ; red flames waved their forked tongues above the tops of trees ...
... fire , as we could distinguish for miles around from the volumes of smoke it cast up . As evening again closed in , the advance of the destructive element was more apparent ; red flames waved their forked tongues above the tops of trees ...
Pagina 48
... fire from their own abrasion . No country probably can boast greater variety in specimens of ornithology , or of birds possessing more beautiful plumage ; the forest wilds ring with the most peculiar cries , and the variety of the ...
... fire from their own abrasion . No country probably can boast greater variety in specimens of ornithology , or of birds possessing more beautiful plumage ; the forest wilds ring with the most peculiar cries , and the variety of the ...
Pagina 63
... fires in passing . February 29th . - A violent gale commenced from the northward , which increased to such a height , that we were compelled to lay to under a balanced - reef- mainsail . It seems as if we had sailed into 63.
... fires in passing . February 29th . - A violent gale commenced from the northward , which increased to such a height , that we were compelled to lay to under a balanced - reef- mainsail . It seems as if we had sailed into 63.
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