... This book is a work of fiction. Places, events, and situations in this story are purely fictional. Any resemblance to actual persons, livi... ... Sir Terence arranged a passage for Helen and Rosita on the East Indiaman, the Prince George. The ship was one of the largest of the company’s vesse... ... ship was one of the largest of the company’s vessels, well armed and amongst the first all iron ships to be powered by steam. Amongst the passenge... ...announcing through a Audrey Blankenhagen 18 hand-held loudhailer the imminent departure of the ship. ‘All visitors disembark, please. We set sail... ...ers to prevent these slave traders from carrying out their pernicious trade and no doubt the Arab captains thought our merchant ship was a Royal Nav... ...sed by heavy fire from the garrison’s batteries and the mutineers did not appear to have intrepid captains to lead by example. Trumpets blowing the ...

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...restless woman. Thus to the young Sappho spake the melon-venders; thus the captains to Zenobia; and in the damp cave over gnawed bones the hairy suito... ...uld astonish you to know how much wheat and rye and corn and potatoes they ship in a year.” “But they’re so ugly.” “I’ll admit they aren’t comfy like ... ... small Tenth Street shops devoted to ceramics and high thought. She had to ship her treasures, but she wanted to bring them back in her arms. Carpente... ...ey were hacks. Lamb chops were as exotic as sharks’ fins. The meat-dealers shipped their best to the city, with its higher prices. In all the shops th... ...nd the fortunate widows!) flee to the cities with agility and, despite the fictional tradition, resolutely stay there, sel- dom returning even for hol... ...Swedish farmers un- known to Carol. Dr. Terry Gould and Dr. McGanum became captains in the medical corps, and were stationed at camps in Iowa and Geor... ... older lands, not one dramatic frontiersman to thunder, with fantastic and fictional oaths, “What are you hinting at? What are you snickering at? What... ...w Hampshire Avenue, with but- lers and limousines; and men who looked like fictional explorers and aviators. Her days were swift, and she knew that in...