A Tale of Two Oceans: A New Story by an Old Californian : an Account of a Voyage from Philadelphia to San Francisco, Around Cape Horn, Years 1849-50, Calling at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and at Juan Fernandez, in the South Pacific |
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Blanchard had tried to practice that which the Barons of old knew so well how to do : " The good old way , the simple plan , Let him take who has the power , And let him keep who can . " I consoled him all I could , and volunteered to ...
Blanchard had tried to practice that which the Barons of old knew so well how to do : " The good old way , the simple plan , Let him take who has the power , And let him keep who can . " I consoled him all I could , and volunteered to ...
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Page 149 - For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind...
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Page 150 - No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode (There they alike in trembling hope repose), The bosom of his Father and his God.
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Page 48 - The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great original proclaim. The unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an Almighty hand.
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Page 102 - Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.
Page 30 - A LIFE on the ocean wave, A home on the rolling deep, Where the scattered waters rave, And the winds their revels keep!
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| Title | A Tale of Two Oceans: A New Story by an Old Californian : an Account of a Voyage from Philadelphia to San Francisco, Around Cape Horn, Years 1849-50, Calling at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and at Juan Fernandez, in the South Pacific 19th century Amer. lit. & hist. Trans-Mississippi West: ser. C Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Mapping the World: Maps and Travel Literature |
| Author | Ezekiel I. Barra |
| Publisher | Press of Eastman & Company, 1893 |
| Length | 198 pages |
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