McGuffey's Alternate First[-Sixth] Reader
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9780217017824
Paperback|9780217017824
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: FIFTH READER. 1. A SHIP UNDER FULL SAIL. Richard Henry Dana (1815-1882) was born in Massachusetts. He entered Harvard College at an early age, but an affection of the eyes compelled him to travel, and he took this opportunity to gratify a longing for a seaman's life, and spent two years as a common sailor. The information which he gathered on this trip was embodied in the charming volume 7ko Years Before the Mast, from which this selection is abridged. Mr. Dana ranked with the first of American lawyers, particularly in questions of international law. 1. Notwithstanding all that has been said about the beauty of a ship under full sail, there are very few who have ever seen a ship literally under all her sail. A ship coming in or going out of port, with her ordinary sails, and perhaps two or three studding-sails, is commonly said to be under full sail; but a ship never has all her sail upon her except when she has a light, steady breeze, very nearly, but not quite dead aft, and so regular that it can be trusted, and is likely to last for some time. 2. Then, with all her sails, light and heavy, and studding- sails on each side, alow and aloft, she is the most glorious moving object in the world. Such a sight very few, even some who have been at sea a good deal, have ever beheld; for from the deck of your own vessel you can not see her as you would a separate object. 3. One night while we were in these tropics, I went out to the end of the flying-jibboom upon some duty, and, having finished it, turned round, and lay over the boom for a long time, admiring the beauty of the sight before me. Being so far out from the deck, I could look at the ship as at a separate vessel; and there rose up from the water, supported only by the small black hull, a pyramid of canvas, spread...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217017824 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217017827 |
| Weight | 1.02 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.70 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 312 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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