Dick Cheveley : his adventures and misadventures (1881)
Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880 · Philadelphia : Lippincott · leaf 431
of the seas shouldthey rise high enough to strike it. That they would dothis seemed every moment more probable. On every side around me they tossed and foamed androared, as if eager to seize me. I frantically clutched thepole, which, from its size, I could with difficulty embrace.Even now, though… … Clinging round the ]:)Ost. Pa^c 371. I CLING TO THE BEACON. 371 unwilling to make the attempt, as I could not tell whetherthe cask was fixed securely enough to bear my weight.There I stood, my arms round the pole, clutching the ropewith my hands, and awaiting my fate. That that ere longwould come I…
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