Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 326
es has hitherto made merry runs across theAtlantic, without so much as furhng a t-gallant-sail,oftentimes, off Cape Horn, receives a lesson which hecarries to the grave; though the grave — as is toooften the case — follows so hard on the lesson that nobenefit comes from the experience. Other… … 290 A Book of Sea Stories unexpectedly encountering a tolerably smooth sea, rashlyconclude that the Cape, after all, is but a bugbear; theyhave been imposed upon by fables, and founderings andsinkings hereabouts are all cock-and-bull stories. Out reefs, my hearties ; fore and aft set…
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