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admiral Amine's anchor appeared arms arrived auto-da-fé Batavia beach better boats breeze cabin captain chafing-dish commandant commodore cottage crew death deck door dream Dutch duty eyes Father Mathias Father Seysen fear feel fell felt fire fleet Flying Dutchman gale guilders guns hand hastened heard Heaven holy hour husband Inquisition island Kloots knew leave looked Marcella minutes morning mother Mynheer Poots Mynheer Vanderdecken Mynheer Von Stroom never night observed passed Pedro perceived peroquas Phantom Ship Philip and Krantz Philip Vanderdecken poor Portuguese priest raft relic remained replied Amine replied Krantz replied Philip round sail Schriften seamen shore signor soldiers soon suffer summoned supercargo Table Bay tell Ternate thee thou thought Philip Tidore took vessel voyage Vrow Katerina walked watched waves white wolf wife wind wish
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Page 315 - That young lady had a talent for describing the involvements and feelings and characters of ordinary life which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with. The Big Bow-wow strain I can do myself like any now going, but the exquisite touch which renders ordinary commonplace things and characters interesting from the truth of the description and the sentiment is denied to me.
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