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Page 113
... four and five knots ; she is a bedraggled craft , painted white long ago and now dirty , dingy and mottled . She was built for shallow waters and rolls terribly . " One day , " the skipper told me , " she'll turn turtle and we shall all ...
... four and five knots ; she is a bedraggled craft , painted white long ago and now dirty , dingy and mottled . She was built for shallow waters and rolls terribly . " One day , " the skipper told me , " she'll turn turtle and we shall all ...
Page 265
... four means anything . I couldn't see that four was anything but a convenient synonym for two and two . If you look out violent in Roget you will see that there are something like fifty syno- nyms for it ; they have different ...
... four means anything . I couldn't see that four was anything but a convenient synonym for two and two . If you look out violent in Roget you will see that there are something like fifty syno- nyms for it ; they have different ...
Page 307
... four in the morning . They have two sons . They didn't want the elder to become a miner and so made him a carpenter , but during his first week he had his right hand cut off by a circular saw , and now ( a spectacled youth ) he has some ...
... four in the morning . They have two sons . They didn't want the elder to become a miner and so made him a carpenter , but during his first week he had his right hand cut off by a circular saw , and now ( a spectacled youth ) he has some ...
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