Adventures and Recollections of Colonel Landmann, Том 2Colburn and Company, 1852 |
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... covered with a thick coating of ice , it was very difficult to save our- selves from sliding overboard . First the strap of the mainsheet block gave way , when the boom thus set at liberty began to dash across from side to side at every ...
... covered with a thick coating of ice , it was very difficult to save our- selves from sliding overboard . First the strap of the mainsheet block gave way , when the boom thus set at liberty began to dash across from side to side at every ...
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... covering the surface to a necessary depth , for rendering it dry or free from water ; the soldiers stipulating that they should be supplied with the requisite tools , and be allowed a puncheon of rum , to protect them from the contagion ...
... covering the surface to a necessary depth , for rendering it dry or free from water ; the soldiers stipulating that they should be supplied with the requisite tools , and be allowed a puncheon of rum , to protect them from the contagion ...
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... covered that the sleeping - places of the men threw out a most tempting quantity of warmth , hesitated not in claiming the benefit of occupying the unoccupied half of the soldier's bed , which was fixed lengthways against the wall ...
... covered that the sleeping - places of the men threw out a most tempting quantity of warmth , hesitated not in claiming the benefit of occupying the unoccupied half of the soldier's bed , which was fixed lengthways against the wall ...
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... covered with white spots exactly of the shape of tadpoles , but vastly larger , to represent tears . The cathedral was illumined by many thousands of wax- tapers ; in short everything , which the Roman- Catholic clergy could suggest as ...
... covered with white spots exactly of the shape of tadpoles , but vastly larger , to represent tears . The cathedral was illumined by many thousands of wax- tapers ; in short everything , which the Roman- Catholic clergy could suggest as ...
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... covered with snakes of enormous dimensions . The A consultation with our people now followed , as to what course we should follow , when they declared in favour of proceeding until daylight rather than make any further attempt to land ...
... covered with snakes of enormous dimensions . The A consultation with our people now followed , as to what course we should follow , when they declared in favour of proceeding until daylight rather than make any further attempt to land ...
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