A Book for Massachusetts Children: In Familiar Letters from a FatherHilliard, Gray, Little and Wilkins, 1831 - 142 pages |
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... sail to and from them , are called sea - port towns . There is a considerable number of such towns in Massachusetts ... sail over the wide ocean , to distant parts of the world . They have sails made of strong , coarse cloth ; and the ...
... sail to and from them , are called sea - port towns . There is a considerable number of such towns in Massachusetts ... sail over the wide ocean , to distant parts of the world . They have sails made of strong , coarse cloth ; and the ...
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... sail on the ocean are of various sizes and kinds . Some have three masts , and are called ships ; others have two masts , and are called brigs . But a great many vessels with two masts masts are called schooners . Vessels with one mast ...
... sail on the ocean are of various sizes and kinds . Some have three masts , and are called ships ; others have two masts , and are called brigs . But a great many vessels with two masts masts are called schooners . Vessels with one mast ...
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... sailing by . But the weather is not always fine , nor is the sea always smooth . Sometimes the wind blows very hard , and the waves roll as high as the tallest tree . Sometimes the wind splits the 7 ་ sails of the vessels all to rags ...
... sailing by . But the weather is not always fine , nor is the sea always smooth . Sometimes the wind blows very hard , and the waves roll as high as the tallest tree . Sometimes the wind splits the 7 ་ sails of the vessels all to rags ...
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In Familiar Letters from a Father Hosea Hildreth. ་ sails of the vessels all to rags , and breaks off the masts , or turns the vessels over , so that they are filled with water , and sink . And sometimes the wind and waves drive the ves ...
In Familiar Letters from a Father Hosea Hildreth. ་ sails of the vessels all to rags , and breaks off the masts , or turns the vessels over , so that they are filled with water , and sink . And sometimes the wind and waves drive the ves ...
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... soft and fat , and when it is tried over the fire , a great deal of oil runs out of it . The men who catch the whales , sail a great way off upon the ocean , in large ships ; and when they come where the whales 2 * LETTER VIII . 17.
... soft and fat , and when it is tried over the fire , a great deal of oil runs out of it . The men who catch the whales , sail a great way off upon the ocean , in large ships ; and when they come where the whales 2 * LETTER VIII . 17.
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