John Holdsworth: chief mate. By the author of 'Jilted'. |
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... wave out of the blue river , and went ahead like a yacht in a racing match . . The breeze freshened as the river widened . The decks were quiet now , the ropes coiled down clear for running , and everything hauled 40 JOHN HOLDSWORTH .
... wave out of the blue river , and went ahead like a yacht in a racing match . . The breeze freshened as the river widened . The decks were quiet now , the ropes coiled down clear for running , and everything hauled 40 JOHN HOLDSWORTH .
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... waves polished like oil , stretched to a dim and desolate horizon . Here and there a brig , or a barque , ploughed laboriously for the Downs , shipping seas like columns of snow and lurching like a drunkard that must pre- sently fall ...
... waves polished like oil , stretched to a dim and desolate horizon . Here and there a brig , or a barque , ploughed laboriously for the Downs , shipping seas like columns of snow and lurching like a drunkard that must pre- sently fall ...
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... waves . But now the crimson had faded out from over the land , and where it had vanished burned a strong and steady light , topping the summit of the highest and outermost cliff . The night fell , and all about the expanse of water ...
... waves . But now the crimson had faded out from over the land , and where it had vanished burned a strong and steady light , topping the summit of the highest and outermost cliff . The night fell , and all about the expanse of water ...
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... a horse , beneath you the foaming sea , almost at right angles the inclined deck of the ship , a long stone's throw distant - a deep darkness everywhere , save where a wave , breaking massively , flings out 102 JOHN HOLDSWORTH .
... a horse , beneath you the foaming sea , almost at right angles the inclined deck of the ship , a long stone's throw distant - a deep darkness everywhere , save where a wave , breaking massively , flings out 102 JOHN HOLDSWORTH .
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William Clark Russell. save where a wave , breaking massively , flings out a phosphorescent light and deepens the blackness of its own chasm - whilst the gale yells about your ears , and blinds you with spray that stings like hail ...
William Clark Russell. save where a wave , breaking massively , flings out a phosphorescent light and deepens the blackness of its own chasm - whilst the gale yells about your ears , and blinds you with spray that stings like hail ...
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