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... turning aside the water under her bows , rose into a surging swell as the increasing impetus of the ship's way gave a larger and larger curve to the parted sea ; and the wind grew stronger , and yet stronger , and one after another the ...
... turning aside the water under her bows , rose into a surging swell as the increasing impetus of the ship's way gave a larger and larger curve to the parted sea ; and the wind grew stronger , and yet stronger , and one after another the ...
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... turned when the harpoon has been made fast to a whale . A boat's crew consists of six persons - four rowers , a headsman and a steerer ; the heads- man pulls the fifth or bow - oar until the whale is approached , then rising from his ...
... turned when the harpoon has been made fast to a whale . A boat's crew consists of six persons - four rowers , a headsman and a steerer ; the heads- man pulls the fifth or bow - oar until the whale is approached , then rising from his ...
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... turned in the direction mentioned , where lo , at about twenty yards distance the back fin of a steadily approaching shark was observed above the surface of the water . All was now excitement , and in a few moments. UNION JACK OF THE ...
... turned in the direction mentioned , where lo , at about twenty yards distance the back fin of a steadily approaching shark was observed above the surface of the water . All was now excitement , and in a few moments. UNION JACK OF THE ...
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... turned ; he again approached the bait which he once more pushed away , then retreated as before ; another flip of the silvery ocean told us that the temptation of the bait had overcome his caution , and the hated fish turning upon his ...
... turned ; he again approached the bait which he once more pushed away , then retreated as before ; another flip of the silvery ocean told us that the temptation of the bait had overcome his caution , and the hated fish turning upon his ...
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... turning . " The Waters of Death . - Pause we now over the 8th chapter of Genesis , and note with what quiet grandeur the event of the Deluge is related . True , the whole account has been scoffed at as improbable , nay as impossible ...
... turning . " The Waters of Death . - Pause we now over the 8th chapter of Genesis , and note with what quiet grandeur the event of the Deluge is related . True , the whole account has been scoffed at as improbable , nay as impossible ...
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Сторінка 227 - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these having not the law, are a law unto themselves ; which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another,) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to.
Сторінка 36 - YE Mariners of England ! That guard our native seas ; Whose flag has braved a thousand years The battle and the breeze ! Your glorious standard launch again To match another foe ! And sweep through the deep, While the stormy winds do blow ; While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Сторінка 42 - And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of; the length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
Сторінка 142 - Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats; but the genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge. The islands...
Сторінка 142 - The clouds still rested on one half of it, insomuch that I could discover nothing in it: but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them.
Сторінка 36 - Her home is on the deep. With thunders from her native oak She quells the floods below — As they roar on the shore, When the stormy winds do blow ; When the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Сторінка 178 - Within a long recess there lies a bay : An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride : Broke by the jutting land on either side, In double streams the briny waters glide, Betwixt two rows of rocks : a sylvan scene Appears above, and groves for ever green : A grot is form'd beneath, with mossy seats, To rest the Nereids, and exclude the heats.
Сторінка 7 - When by the dreadful tempest borne High on the broken wave, They know Thou art not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save.
Сторінка 43 - And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand and on their left.
Сторінка 50 - And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: And they shall see his face ; and his name shall be in their foreheads.