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... Rockall .. 36. Same Subject , concluded .. 37. The Shipwreck ..... 72 Byron . 76 78 Byron . 82 • Campbell . 84 Moodie . 87 ... Ibid . 89 ALEXANDER YOUNG . 91 Grahame . 94 N. E. MAGAZINE . 96 ·· Wordsworth 97 ... Ibid . 99 .. GEORGE W ...
... Rockall .. 36. Same Subject , concluded .. 37. The Shipwreck ..... 72 Byron . 76 78 Byron . 82 • Campbell . 84 Moodie . 87 ... Ibid . 89 ALEXANDER YOUNG . 91 Grahame . 94 N. E. MAGAZINE . 96 ·· Wordsworth 97 ... Ibid . 99 .. GEORGE W ...
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... Rockall . BASIL HALL . Ir was a fine autumnal morning , just a week after we had sailed from Lough Swilly , to cruise off the north of Ireland , when a sail was reported on the lee - beam . We bore up instantly , but no one could make ...
... Rockall . BASIL HALL . Ir was a fine autumnal morning , just a week after we had sailed from Lough Swilly , to cruise off the north of Ireland , when a sail was reported on the lee - beam . We bore up instantly , but no one could make ...
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... Rockall , and is well known to those Baltic traders which go north about . The stone of which this curious peak is com- posed is a dark - colored granite ; but the top being covered with a coating as white as snow , from having been for ...
... Rockall , and is well known to those Baltic traders which go north about . The stone of which this curious peak is com- posed is a dark - colored granite ; but the top being covered with a coating as white as snow , from having been for ...
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... Rockall from our view . This we cared little about , as we not only saw the ship , but trusted , from her movements , that she likewise saw the boats . Just at the moment , however , she tacked , thereby proving that she had seen ...
... Rockall from our view . This we cared little about , as we not only saw the ship , but trusted , from her movements , that she likewise saw the boats . Just at the moment , however , she tacked , thereby proving that she had seen ...
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... Rockall , we determined to abide by our firm friend till circumstances should render our return to the ship certain . In the mean time , we amused ourselves in forming plans for a future residence on this desolate abode , in the event ...
... Rockall , we determined to abide by our firm friend till circumstances should render our return to the ship certain . In the mean time , we amused ourselves in forming plans for a future residence on this desolate abode , in the event ...
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