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... seen through the pall of mist , until , at the end of some fifty hours , we feel , as it were , the land in our front ; a stretch of low - lying shore in the vague and far - off distance , trending away towards the south , like the ...
... seen through the pall of mist , until , at the end of some fifty hours , we feel , as it were , the land in our front ; a stretch of low - lying shore in the vague and far - off distance , trending away towards the south , like the ...
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... Seen through the veil of Polar mist , a block of stone may take a mysterious form ; and that lump of rock in the Polar waste , which the cod - fishers say is like a woman with her child , has long been known to them as the Golden Hag ...
... Seen through the veil of Polar mist , a block of stone may take a mysterious form ; and that lump of rock in the Polar waste , which the cod - fishers say is like a woman with her child , has long been known to them as the Golden Hag ...
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... seen above the hanging drapery of fog . A pilot comes on board ; a man of soft and patient face , with gray - blue eyes , and flow of brownish hair , who tells us in a bated tone - as though he feared we might be vexed with him and beat ...
... seen above the hanging drapery of fog . A pilot comes on board ; a man of soft and patient face , with gray - blue eyes , and flow of brownish hair , who tells us in a bated tone - as though he feared we might be vexed with him and beat ...
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... seen , in these northern wilds ; more than all else , on the banks of rivers and on the margins of the Frozen Sea . A peasant learns with delight from his Book of Saints ( his Bible , Epos , Drama , Code , and History all in one ) that ...
... seen , in these northern wilds ; more than all else , on the banks of rivers and on the margins of the Frozen Sea . A peasant learns with delight from his Book of Saints ( his Bible , Epos , Drama , Code , and History all in one ) that ...
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... seen in this north- ern clime . Yet , when the fact was found out by his local superior , the man was reduced from a high post in the serv- ice to a low one . " If he will take an orange , he will take a ruble , " said his chief ; and a ...
... seen in this north- ern clime . Yet , when the fact was found out by his local superior , the man was reduced from a high post in the serv- ice to a low one . " If he will take an orange , he will take a ruble , " said his chief ; and a ...
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