Impressions of Australia Felix, During Four Years Residence in that Colony: Notes of a Voyage Round the World; Australian Poems, &c |
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... sight afterwards Two homeward - bound ; four or five going out . seven . October 8. - The sky nearly cloudless and bright . The sea gently rippled — almost a mirror . Very cheering is the visiting and companionship of land - birds ...
... sight afterwards Two homeward - bound ; four or five going out . seven . October 8. - The sky nearly cloudless and bright . The sea gently rippled — almost a mirror . Very cheering is the visiting and companionship of land - birds ...
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... sight . The ship's name is Char- lotte Auguste . Perhaps our friends in England may now hear of us . Our captain sets the seafaring French people higher in our estimation for politeness and punctuality than they were before , and ...
... sight . The ship's name is Char- lotte Auguste . Perhaps our friends in England may now hear of us . Our captain sets the seafaring French people higher in our estimation for politeness and punctuality than they were before , and ...
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... sight ; not a bird or a fish to break the weary monotony of sky and ocean . We are appa- rently climbing the same watery hill , and are as far as ever from the top . This morning we have been anxiously on the look - out for a sight of ...
... sight ; not a bird or a fish to break the weary monotony of sky and ocean . We are appa- rently climbing the same watery hill , and are as far as ever from the top . This morning we have been anxiously on the look - out for a sight of ...
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... sight , and one island far off . The winds are driving us to the west . It is again the sabbath , a calm midsummer day . The clouds have a dreamy luxury in them , and call strongly to mind the Castle of Indolence → " And of gay visions ...
... sight , and one island far off . The winds are driving us to the west . It is again the sabbath , a calm midsummer day . The clouds have a dreamy luxury in them , and call strongly to mind the Castle of Indolence → " And of gay visions ...
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... sight ; we seem to have lost sight of them entirely . Often , in England , I have seen a rich purple colour far up above the sunset ; lower , rather nearer the horizon , the softest green , a most beautiful pale green , softening into ...
... sight ; we seem to have lost sight of them entirely . Often , in England , I have seen a rich purple colour far up above the sunset ; lower , rather nearer the horizon , the softest green , a most beautiful pale green , softening into ...
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