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Arthur Quiller-Couch. 45 To Seeing the Wind 1515-1568 " O see the wind , with a man his eyes , it is unpossible , the nature of it is so fine , and subtle , yet this experience of the wind had I once myself , and that was in the great ...
Arthur Quiller-Couch. 45 To Seeing the Wind 1515-1568 " O see the wind , with a man his eyes , it is unpossible , the nature of it is so fine , and subtle , yet this experience of the wind had I once myself , and that was in the great ...
Page 78
... wind blow in the air , when nothing was stirred at the ground . And when all was still where I rode , not very far from me the snow should be lifted wonderfully . This experience made me more marvel at the nature of the wind , than it ...
... wind blow in the air , when nothing was stirred at the ground . And when all was still where I rode , not very far from me the snow should be lifted wonderfully . This experience made me more marvel at the nature of the wind , than it ...
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... wind . Her very form could be distinguished now black and elongated amongst the hissing patches of foam bursting along her path . As is always the case with a ship running before wind and sea she did not seem to an onlooker to move very ...
... wind . Her very form could be distinguished now black and elongated amongst the hissing patches of foam bursting along her path . As is always the case with a ship running before wind and sea she did not seem to an onlooker to move very ...
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