 | Herman Melville - 1923 - 248 oldal
...they made ; but which was which, she could not tell. Eager to befriend the Serapis, she durst not fire a gun, lest she might unwittingly act the part of...the lamp down right on the rim of the horizon, as on a threshold ; as much as to say, Gentlemen warriors, permit me a little to light up this rather... | |
 | Herman Melville - 1924 - 300 oldal
...they made; but which was which, she could not tell. Eager to befriend the Serapis, she durst not fire a gun, lest she might unwittingly act the part of...the lamp down right on the rim of the horizon, as on a threshold; as much as to say, Gentlemen warriors, permit me a little to light up this rather gloomy... | |
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Prudence dictated the step; because several chance shot — from which of the combatants could not be known — had already struck the Scarborough. So, unwilling uselessly to expose herself, off went for the present this baffled and ineffectual friend.... 