Retrospect of Western Travel, Volume 1Saunders and Otley, 1838 - 239 pages |
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Page 15
... things which I could easily interpret . It occurred to me that I could send them one more token , by means of the little waves which rolled away from the sides of our ship , and washed the pier on which the crowd was standing . I threw ...
... things which I could easily interpret . It occurred to me that I could send them one more token , by means of the little waves which rolled away from the sides of our ship , and washed the pier on which the crowd was standing . I threw ...
Page 18
... thing . After breakfast , the gentlemen who kept journals produced their writing - cases in the cabin . The ladies sat in sunny or shaded places on deck , netting , making table - mats , or reading , or mounted the railing to talk or ...
... thing . After breakfast , the gentlemen who kept journals produced their writing - cases in the cabin . The ladies sat in sunny or shaded places on deck , netting , making table - mats , or reading , or mounted the railing to talk or ...
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Harriet Martineau. had a task to do , which is a thing that should be avoided on board ship . I had a long article to write ; and nothing else would I do , on fine mornings , till it was finished . It is disagreeable writing in the cabin ...
Harriet Martineau. had a task to do , which is a thing that should be avoided on board ship . I had a long article to write ; and nothing else would I do , on fine mornings , till it was finished . It is disagreeable writing in the cabin ...
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... things seem trifles on paper , but they yield no trifling amusement on a voyage . Our afternoons were delightful ; for the greater number of the forty - two days that we were at sea , the sun set visibly , with more or less lustre , and ...
... things seem trifles on paper , but they yield no trifling amusement on a voyage . Our afternoons were delightful ; for the greater number of the forty - two days that we were at sea , the sun set visibly , with more or less lustre , and ...
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... thing to be done on such days is to sit in the roundhouse , each one well wedged in between two , the balustrade in front , and the wall behind ; all as loquacious as possible , talking all man- ner of sense or nonsense that may occur ...
... thing to be done on such days is to sit in the roundhouse , each one well wedged in between two , the balustrade in front , and the wall behind ; all as loquacious as possible , talking all man- ner of sense or nonsense that may occur ...
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