The Whaleman's Adventures in the Southern OceanDarton & Hodge, 1862 - 304 lappuses |
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1.–5. rezultāts no 23.
19. lappuse
... huge roots of the Kamani and Koa trees , in the borrowed terms of Words- worth , " A growth Of intertwisted fibres serpentine , Up - coiling , and inveterately convolved . " This barrier passed , there was a subsidence and inclining ...
... huge roots of the Kamani and Koa trees , in the borrowed terms of Words- worth , " A growth Of intertwisted fibres serpentine , Up - coiling , and inveterately convolved . " This barrier passed , there was a subsidence and inclining ...
22. lappuse
... huge morsels that would almost sink a common man . The wine of this feast was the delicious milk of young cocoa - nuts just from the tree ; and I will venture to say that Hebe never poured such nectar into the goblets of the gods . It ...
... huge morsels that would almost sink a common man . The wine of this feast was the delicious milk of young cocoa - nuts just from the tree ; and I will venture to say that Hebe never poured such nectar into the goblets of the gods . It ...
35. lappuse
... huge creature rose hard by the cap- tain's boat , and all the harpooner in the bow had to do was to plunge his two keen cold irons , which are always secured to one tow - line , into the monster's sides . This he did so well as to hit ...
... huge creature rose hard by the cap- tain's boat , and all the harpooner in the bow had to do was to plunge his two keen cold irons , which are always secured to one tow - line , into the monster's sides . This he did so well as to hit ...
37. lappuse
... huge blocks that are always made fast for the purpose to the fore and main mast head , and to fasten the cutting- in tackle . The captain and two mates then went over the sides on a well - secured stage , and having each a breast - rope ...
... huge blocks that are always made fast for the purpose to the fore and main mast head , and to fasten the cutting- in tackle . The captain and two mates then went over the sides on a well - secured stage , and having each a breast - rope ...
38. lappuse
... the rest of the way was plain sailing , the blubber of the body being cut and peeled off in huge unbroken strips as the carcass rolled over and over , being heaved on by the power of the windlass , then 88 THE WHALEMAN'S ADVENTURES .
... the rest of the way was plain sailing , the blubber of the body being cut and peeled off in huge unbroken strips as the carcass rolled over and over , being heaved on by the power of the windlass , then 88 THE WHALEMAN'S ADVENTURES .
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The Whalemen's Adventures in the Southern Ocean: As Gathered by the Rev ... Henry Theodore Cheever,Commodore Preble Priekšskatījums nav pieejams - 2013 |
The Whalemen's Adventures in the Southern Ocean: As Gathered by the REV ... Henry Theodore Cheever,Commodore Preble Priekšskatījums nav pieejams - 2015 |
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194. lappuse - For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
242. lappuse - No man can serve two masters, ye cannot serve God and mammon
160. lappuse - He prayeth well, who loveth well Both man and bird and beast. He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small; For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all.
159. lappuse - A wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust. I closed my lids, and kept them close, And the balls like pulses beat; For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky, Lay like a load on my weary eye, And the dead were at my feet.
160. lappuse - Wedding-Guest! this soul hath been Alone on a wide wide sea: So lonely 'twas, that God himself Scarce seemed there to be.
44. lappuse - In billows, leave in the midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air, That felt unusual weight ; till on dry land He lights, if it were land that ever...
159. lappuse - Dear Lord in Heaven ! it was a joy The dead men could not blast. I saw a third — I heard his voice: It is the Hermit good! He singeth loud his godly hymns That he makes in the wood. He'll shrieve my soul, he'll wash away The Albatross's blood.
142. lappuse - Here the free spirit of mankind, at length, Throws its last fetters off; and who shall place A limit to the giant's unchained strength, Or curb his swiftness in the forward race!
143. lappuse - Adieu!" At length, his transient respite past, His comrades, who before Had heard his voice in every blast, Could catch the sound no more: For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank.