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简介：IT WAS the middle of a bright tropical afternoon that we made good our escape from the bay. The vessel we sought lay with her main-topsail aback about a league from the land, and was the only object t...
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简介：IN old times authors were proud of the privilege of dedicating their works to Majesty. A right noble custom, which we of Berkshire must revive. For whether we will or no, Majesty is all around us here...
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简介：When our frigate lay in Callao, on the coast of Peruher last harbour in the PacificI found myself without a grego, or sailor's surtout; and as, toward the end of a three years' cruise, no pea-jackets ...
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简介：Wellingborough, as you are going to sea, suppose you take this shooting-jacket of mine along; it's just the thingtake it, it will save the expense of another. You see, it's quite warm; fine long skirt...
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简介：His cheek was fair, his chin downy, his hair flaxen, his hat a white fur one, with a long fleecy nap. He had neither trunk, valise, carpet-bag, nor parcel. No porter followed him. He was unaccompanied...
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简介：When I removed into the country, it was to occupy an old-fashioned farm-house, which had no piazzaa deficiency the more regretted, because not only did I like piazzas, as somehow combining the cozines...
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简介：When I first saw the table, dingy and dusty, in the furthest corner of the old hopper-shaped garret, and set out with broken, be-crusted old purple vials and flasks, and a ghostly, dismantled old quar...
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简介：Biography, in its purer form, confined to the ended lives of the true and brave, may be held the fairest meed of human virtueone given and received in entire disinterestednesssince neither can the bio...
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简介：I am a rather elderly man. The nature of my avocations for the lastthirty years has brought me into more than ordinary contact with whatwould seem an interesting and somewhat singular set of men, of w...
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简介：I and my chimney, two grey-headed old smokers, reside in the country. We are, I may say, old settlers here; particularly my old chimney, which settles more and more every day....
