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The World of IceRobert Michael Ballantyne The World of Ice PREFACE Dear Reader, most people prefer a short to a long preface. Permit me, therefore, to cut this one short, by simply expressing an earnest hope that my book may afford you much profit and amusement.R.M. BALLANTYNE.CHAPTER I Some of t...

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BonesEdgar Wallace Bones / Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country PROLOGUE SANDERS—C.M.G I You will never know from the perusal of the Blue Book the true inwardness of the happenings in the Ochori country in the spring of the year of Wish. Nor all the facts associated with ...

The Expedition of Humphry ClinkerTo Mr HENRY DAVIS, Bookseller, in LondonTo the Revd. Mr JONATHAN DUSTWICH, at—THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKERTo Dr LEWIS To Mrs GWYLLIM, house-keeper at Brambleton-hall To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. of Jesus college, Oxon To Mrs JERMYN at her house in Gloucester...

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TypeeMelville Herman Typee CHAPTER I The sea – Longings for shore – A land-sick ship – Destination of the voyagersSix months at sea! Yes, reader, as I live, six months out of sight of land; cruising after the sperm whale beneath the scorching sun of the Line, and tossed on the billows of the wide...

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