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... give it — the Frozen Sea ! " Rounding the North Cape , a weird and hoary mass of rock , projecting far into the Arctic foam , we drive in a south - east course , lashed by the wind and beaten by hail and rain , for two long days ...
... give it — the Frozen Sea ! " Rounding the North Cape , a weird and hoary mass of rock , projecting far into the Arctic foam , we drive in a south - east course , lashed by the wind and beaten by hail and rain , for two long days ...
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... gives him a sense of property and a respect for life . A red man kills the beast he hunts ; kills it beyond his need , in the animal wantonness of strength . A Samoyed would do the same ; but the Zarayny have taught him to rear and tend ...
... gives him a sense of property and a respect for life . A red man kills the beast he hunts ; kills it beyond his need , in the animal wantonness of strength . A Samoyed would do the same ; but the Zarayny have taught him to rear and tend ...
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... gives way with a smile ; and our speed being lowered by half , we push on slowly towards the line of red and black signals floating in our front . The " Thera " and the " Olga " are soon behind us , shivering in all their sheets , like ...
... gives way with a smile ; and our speed being lowered by half , we push on slowly towards the line of red and black signals floating in our front . The " Thera " and the " Olga " are soon behind us , shivering in all their sheets , like ...
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... give your hand a squeeze ( all Russians of the lower ranks are fond of squeezing ! ) on your safe arrival in the port ; and if you fail to take his hint , as probably you will , he whispers meekly in your ear , as though he were tell ...
... give your hand a squeeze ( all Russians of the lower ranks are fond of squeezing ! ) on your safe arrival in the port ; and if you fail to take his hint , as probably you will , he whispers meekly in your ear , as though he were tell ...
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... give it the appearance of some sacred Eastern city rather than a place of trade . er . This sea - port on the Dvina is the only port in Russia prop- Astrachan is a Tartar port ; Odessa an Italian port ; Riga a Livonian port ...
... give it the appearance of some sacred Eastern city rather than a place of trade . er . This sea - port on the Dvina is the only port in Russia prop- Astrachan is a Tartar port ; Odessa an Italian port ; Riga a Livonian port ...
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