Scribblings and Sketches, Diplomatic, Piscatory, and OceanicC. Sherman, 1844 - 189 pagini |
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Pagina 9
... thousand feet , form the back- ground of the picture , throwing the town into fine relief with its white walls and turrets . At a distance , it appears like a white blur upon the mountain - side . In any other region than the tropics it ...
... thousand feet , form the back- ground of the picture , throwing the town into fine relief with its white walls and turrets . At a distance , it appears like a white blur upon the mountain - side . In any other region than the tropics it ...
Pagina 15
... thousand dollars . ” 66 Yes , " replied the stranger , " but she will never come ashore except in pieces . Look at that ! -there goes the roof off of Don Vincente's house , as clean as a whistle . The hurricane is up - it will tear that ...
... thousand dollars . ” 66 Yes , " replied the stranger , " but she will never come ashore except in pieces . Look at that ! -there goes the roof off of Don Vincente's house , as clean as a whistle . The hurricane is up - it will tear that ...
Pagina 16
... thousand helpless beings . Upon emerging from the town , the road lay before him in almost a straight line , for ... thousands of land - crabs , on their way to the sea from the mountains . An army of these creatures crossed his path ...
... thousand helpless beings . Upon emerging from the town , the road lay before him in almost a straight line , for ... thousands of land - crabs , on their way to the sea from the mountains . An army of these creatures crossed his path ...
Pagina 17
... thousand dollars if he would accompany him with his boat on board the slaver . " Why , Senor , " said Antonio , " you must be mad . We should be swamped , for a dead certainty ; and what good could we do , suppose we reached her ? " " I ...
... thousand dollars if he would accompany him with his boat on board the slaver . " Why , Senor , " said Antonio , " you must be mad . We should be swamped , for a dead certainty ; and what good could we do , suppose we reached her ? " " I ...
Pagina 18
... thousand Spanish doubloons in my chest , you'll curse yourself for not having had the courage to follow . " 66 Stop one moment . How much say you ? " At that instant a crash of thunder made the earth tremble beneath their feet ...
... thousand Spanish doubloons in my chest , you'll curse yourself for not having had the courage to follow . " 66 Stop one moment . How much say you ? " At that instant a crash of thunder made the earth tremble beneath their feet ...
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