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Our World's Great Benefactors: Short Biographies of the Men and Women Most ... - Page 495
by Samuel Adams Drake - 1888 - 702 lehte
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Thrilling Incidents in American History: Being a Selection of the Most ...

John Warner Barber - 1860 - 478 lehte
...— I wish we were well out of it.' I elevated myself upon a platform, and addressing the assembly, stated that I knew not what was the matter ; but if they would be quiet, and indulge me for a half an hour, I would either go on, or abandon the voyage for that time. This short respite was conceded...
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Our Whole Country: Or, The Past and Present of the United States ..., 2. köide

John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1861 - 792 lehte
...— I wish we were well out of it.' I elevated myself upon a platform, :iml addressing the assembly, stated that I knew not what was the matter; but if they would be quiet, and indulge me for a half an hour, I would either go on or abandon the voyage for that time. This short respite was conceded...
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Our Whole Country: Or, The Past and Present of the United States ..., 1. köide

John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1861 - 782 lehte
...scheme—I wish we were well out of it.' I elevated myself upon a platform, and addressing the assembly, stated that I knew not what was the matter; but if they would be quiet, and indulge me for a half an hour, I would either go on or abandon the voyage for that time. This short respite was conceded...
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The triumphs of invention and discovery

James Hamilton Fyfe - 1863 - 270 lehte
...so ; it is a foolish scheme ; I wish we were well out of it.' I elevated myself on a platform, and stated that I knew not what was the matter ; but if...hour, I would either go on or abandon the voyage. I went below, and discovered that a slight misadjustment was the cause. It was obviated. The boat went...
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The Freedman's Third Reader

American Tract Society (Boston, Mass.) - 1866 - 278 lehte
...scheme." — "I wish we were well out of it." 5. I mounted a platform, and addressed the assembly. I stated that I knew not what was the matter ; but, if they would be quiet and indulge me for a half-hour, I would either go on or abandon the voyage for that time. I went below and examined the...
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The Traveller's Steamboat and Railroad Guide to the Hudson River, Describing ...

1867 - 88 lehte
...murmurs of discontent and agitation, and whispers, and shrugs. I elevated myself on a platform, and stated that I knew not what was the matter ; but if they would be quiet, and indulge mo for half an hour, I would either go on, or abandon the voyage. I went below, and at once discovered...
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The Standard Fifth Reader for Public and Private Schools: Containing a ...

Epes Sargent - 1867 - 540 lehte
...well out of it." I elevated myself upon a platform, and addressed the assembly. I stated that I knew33 not what was the matter; but, if they would be quiet and indulge me for a half-hour, I would either go on or abandon the voyage for that time. This short respite was conceded...
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The Traveller's Steamboat and Railroad Guide to the Hudson River: Describing ...

1867 - 90 lehte
...murmurs of discontent and agitation, and whispers, and shrugs. I elevated myself on a platform, and stated that I knew not what was the matter ; but if...hour, I would either go on, or abandon the voyage. I went below, and at once discovered that a slight mal-adjustment was the cause of the stopping. It...
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Ships and sailors, ancient and modern, by C.C. Cotterill and E.D. Little

Charles Clement Cotterill - 1868 - 380 lehte
...so — it is a foolish scheme. I wish we were well out of it." I elevated myself on a platform, and stated that I knew not what was the matter ; but if they would be quiet, and indulge me for half-an-hour, I would either go on or abandon the voyage. I went below, and discovered that a slight...
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The Franklin Fifth Reader: For the Use of Public and Private Schools : with ...

George Stillman Hillard - 1871 - 410 lehte
...scheme. I wish we were well out of it.' I elevated myself upon a platform, and addressed the assembly. I stated that I knew not what was the matter; but, if they would be quiet, and indulge me for a half hour, 1 would either go on or abandon the voyage for that time. This short respite was conceded...
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