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" In this dreadful situation she (the ship) lay for some little time, every soul on board looking upon the present minute as his last, for there was nothing to be seen but breakers all around us. However, a mountainous sea hove her off from thence j but... "
The Choice: Or, Lines on the Beatitudes - Page 65
by James Bush - 1841 - 102 pages
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A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Arranged ..., Volume 17

Robert Kerr - 1824 - 548 pages
...before : Several poor wretches, who were in the last stage of the scurvy, and who could not get put of their hammocks, were immediately drowned. In this...every soul on board looking upon the present minute as bis last, for there was nothing to be seen but breakers all around us. However, a mountainous sea hove...
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The Life, Writings, Opinions, and Times of the Right Hon. George ..., Volume 1

1825 - 454 pages
...effort a striking picture of that appalling event : — " In this dreadful situation she (the ship) lay for some little time, every soul on board looking...there was .nothing to be seen but breakers all around ug. FAMILY OF LORD BYRON. 17 However, a mountainous sea hove her off from thence ; but she presently...
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Memoirs of the life and writings of lord Byron

George Clinton (biographer of Byron.) - 1825 - 314 pages
...effort a striking picture of that appallmg event : — ' In this dreadful situation she (the ship) lay for some little time, every soul on board looking...last; for there was nothing to be seen but breakers atl around us. However, a mountainous sea hove her off from thence; but she presently struck again,...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Lord Byron

George Clinton - 1828 - 888 pages
...event : — • In this dreadful situation she (the ship) lay for some little time, every soul on hoard looking upon the present minute as his last; for there was nothing to be seen but breakers al! around us. However, a mountainous sea hove her off from thence; but she presently struck again,...
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The Mother Tongue: Book II : an Elementary English Grammar

George Lyman Kittredge, Sarah Louise Arnold - 1900 - 404 pages
...more violently than before, which laid her upon her beam ends, the sea making a fair breach, over her. In this dreadful situation she lay for some little...she presently struck again, and broke her tiller. EXERCISES. CHAPTER LXIII.* SPECIAL RULES OF GENDER. II. 255. The names of the lower animals (as dog,...
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The Mother Tongue, Book 2

1900 - 364 pages
...more violently than before, which laid her upon her beam ends, the sea making a fair breach over her. In this dreadful situation she lay for some little...she presently struck again, and broke her tiller. EXERCISES. Find examples of personification in your Reader. Why are some objects and qualities regarded...
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The Mother Tongue: An elementary English grammar, by G.L. Kittredge and S.L ...

1901 - 454 pages
...more violently than before, which laid her upon her beam ends, the sea making a fair breach over her. In this dreadful situation she lay for some little...she presently struck again, and broke her tiller. EXERCISES. Find examples of personification in your Reader. Why are some objects and qualities regarded...
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Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls: True Stories of Castaways and Other ...

Edward E. Leslie - 1988 - 614 pages
...Wager on her beam-ends, and the waves broke violently over her. In this dreadful situation the ship lay for some little time, every soul on board looking...was nothing to be seen but breakers all around us. [At length] a mountainous sea heaved [the Wager off the rock], but she presently struck again and broke...
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The life, writings, opinions, and times of ... lord Byron, by an ..., Volume 1

Matthew Iley, J. M. Millingen - 1825 - 448 pages
...effort a striking picture of that appalling event : — " In this dreadful situation she (the ship) lay for some little time, every soul on board looking...However, a mountainous sea hove her off from thence j but she presently struck again, and broke her tiller. In this terrifying and critical juncture, to...
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