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... OF AMERICA By the Viking Sea-Rovers, and Its Settlement by the Scandinavians in the Ninth Century. SUPPLEMENTED WITH THRILLING NARRATIVES OF VOYAG... ...HING INCIDENTS AND PERILOUS UNDERTAKINGS AMONG WILD BEASTS AND SAVAGE PEOPLE IN HEROIC EFFORTS FOR A RECLAMATION OF ALL LANDS TO CIVILIZATION, AND ... ... the ship -- Discoveries of the ancients -- Islands of the long ago -- Changes in the earth's surface -- Commerce of Troy with India -- Expeditions se... ... of Pytheas, the philosopher -- Tears of sorrowing sea-birds -- Discovery of a new world -- A wondrously profitable commerce -- A northwest passage --... ... in the year 889 -- Verdant shores and prolific woodlands -- Adventures in the New World -- The first white man that ever set foot on the American con... ...tlement in America -- The courtship of Thorfinn -- The first white baby in the New World -- The Dighton writing rock -- Church records respecting the ... ...t with savage, islanders at Traitor's Head 455- 464 CHAPTER XLV. Among the New Caledonians. -- A fleet of canoes visits Cook -- Character of the nativ... ...t of canoes visits Cook -- Character of the natives -- Houses and boats of the Caledonians -- Anchorage at Christmas Sound -- Visited by the Fuegans -... ...ot until after weeks of patient effort that our voyagers were able to have any communications with the Australians, who could not be induced to approa...

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Excerpt: In The South Seas by Robert Louis Stevenson.

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...ennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file... ...e associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material contained within the document or for the file as an el... ...is, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classica... ...ds the close of ’89. By that time gratitude and habit were beginning to attach me to the is- lands; I had gained a competency of strength; I had made ... ... By 8 In The South Seas the same step I had journeyed forth out of that comfort- able zone of kindred languages, where the curse of Babel is so easy ... ...ce these were in the same convulsive and transitionary state as the Marquesans of to-day. In both cases an alien authority enforced, the clans disarme... ...nd muscle, and often heavier of flesh, than any commoner. The usual explanation—that the high-born child is more industriously shampooed, is prob- abl... ...s, it appears, is the language of the dead; its purport is taken down progressively by one of the ex- perts, writing, I was told, ‘as fast as a telegr...

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...phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten. Not to mention rumours which agitated the maritime population and excited the public mind, even in the interior of continents, seafaring men were particularly excited. Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, both of Europe and America, naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several Sta...

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...Preface: In making this abridgement of Boswell?s Life of Johnson I have omitted most of Boswell?s criticisms, comments, and notes, all of Johnson?s opinions in legal cases, most of the letters, and parts of the conversation dealing wi...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Life of Johnson by James Boswell, abridged and edited with an i... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...not have made it, had I not believed that it would be the means of drawing new readers to Boswell, and eventu- ally of finding for them in the complet... ...ift the back- ground, the interlocutors, the light and shade, in search of new revelations and effects. He pre- sents a succession of many scenes, exq... ...them. ‘Sir,’ said he, ‘I look upon every day lost in which I do not make a new acquaintance.’ And again: ‘Why, Sir, I am a man of the world. I live in... ... however, those, who admire the rude grandeur of Nature, cannot deny it to Caledonia. On Saturday, July 9, I found Johnson sur- rounded with a numerou... ... them, for which I am indebted to my worthy friend Mr. Langton, whose kind communications have been separately interwoven in many parts of this work. ... ...s has in- serted it entire, and I have made occasional use of it and other communications from Mr. Hec- tor, in the course of this Work. I have both v...

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