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THE SEAMAN'S LIGHT . BY JOHN FISHER MURRAY . In darkness the sky and the ocean were blending As we steered for our own native isle in the west , A twinkling light o'er the waters extending Its lengthening ray , gave us hope of our rest ...
THE SEAMAN'S LIGHT . BY JOHN FISHER MURRAY . In darkness the sky and the ocean were blending As we steered for our own native isle in the west , A twinkling light o'er the waters extending Its lengthening ray , gave us hope of our rest ...
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A low breeze from the west scarcely ruffled the surface of the water , which , streaked and mottled in every direction by unequal strips and patches of a dead calmness , caught the light so variously , that it seemed an immense plain of ...
A low breeze from the west scarcely ruffled the surface of the water , which , streaked and mottled in every direction by unequal strips and patches of a dead calmness , caught the light so variously , that it seemed an immense plain of ...
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A note about this velocity , and also relating to the motion of light , which is similarly rapid , shall be cited in order to exalt , if possible , the conceptions , and to point attention to the marvels with which the material world ...
A note about this velocity , and also relating to the motion of light , which is similarly rapid , shall be cited in order to exalt , if possible , the conceptions , and to point attention to the marvels with which the material world ...
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