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Page 42
... clouds like the rags of some ample sinuous garment . The thin black clouds dragged themselves through the tree tops , tearing raggedly among the naked branches . The aerial , oceanic petrel . The dark immovable clouds were piled upon ...
... clouds like the rags of some ample sinuous garment . The thin black clouds dragged themselves through the tree tops , tearing raggedly among the naked branches . The aerial , oceanic petrel . The dark immovable clouds were piled upon ...
Page 43
... clouds was spread a fiery vapour , a rain of infinitesimal tenuity , a great dust of gold that swept down upon the silent sea like the train of a goddess of fire ; and presently , thrusting through the sombre wall of cloud like a titan ...
... clouds was spread a fiery vapour , a rain of infinitesimal tenuity , a great dust of gold that swept down upon the silent sea like the train of a goddess of fire ; and presently , thrusting through the sombre wall of cloud like a titan ...
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... clouds on the horizon but they were motion- less ; they might have been clouds in a picture . The sun set , and the light gradually faded from the sky . Night fell and the stars came out one by one . After supper we sat about the deck ...
... clouds on the horizon but they were motion- less ; they might have been clouds in a picture . The sun set , and the light gradually faded from the sky . Night fell and the stars came out one by one . After supper we sat about the deck ...
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