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" ... shingle to the distance of fifty feet upon the land ; then, rushing back, laid bare its sandy bed, from which it rolled immense stones, with a hoarse and dismal noise. The sea, swelled by the violence of the wind, rose higher every moment ; and the... "
Studies of nature. Sequel to the Studies of nature: Advertisement. Paul and ... - Page 554
by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre - 1809
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Works: Comprising His Studies of Nature; Paul and Virginia and ..., Volume 1

Bernardin de Saint-Pierre - Nature - 1846 - 596 pages
...then retiring backwards discovered a great part of its bed, the stones of which were dashed backwards and forward with a rough and horrible noise. The sea,...than six feet, and the winds, which brushed along its surface, carried it beyond the steep clifls of the shore more than half a league into the island....
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The Works of Saint-Pierre: Comprising His Studies of Nature; Paul ..., Volume 1

Bernardin de Saint-Pierre - Natural history - 1846 - 630 pages
...then retiring backwards discovered a great part of its bed, the stones of which were dashed backwards and forward with a rough and horrible noise. The sea,...moment, and the whole channel between this island aod the Isle of Amber, appeared to be an immense sheet of white foam, hollowed into deep and dusky...
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Paul and Virginia

Bernardin de Saint-Pierre - Conduct of life - 1879 - 410 pages
...immense stones, with a hoarse and dismal noise. The sea, swelled by the violence of the wind, rose higher every moment ; and the whole channel between this island and the Isle of Amber was soon one vast sheet of white foam, full of yawning pits of black and deep billows. Heaps of this...
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Paul & Virginia, with a Memoir

Bernardin de Saint-Pierre - 1881 - 298 pages
...immense stones, with a hoarse and dismal noise. The sea, swelled by the violence of the wind, rose higher every moment; and the whole channel between this island and the isle of Amber was soon one vast sheet of white foam, full of yawning pits of black and deep billows. Heaps of this...
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Library of the World's Best Literature: A-Z

Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H. Warner, Edward Cornelius Towne - Anthologies - 1897 - 680 pages
...stones with a harsh and frightful sound. The sea, swollen by the violence of the wind, rose higher every moment; and the whole channel between this island and the Isle of Amber was one vast sheet of white foam full of yawning black depths. Heaps of this foam more than six feet...
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Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern, Volume 32

Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 454 pages
...stones with a harsh and frightful sound. The sea, swollen by the violence of the wind, rose higher every moment; and the whole channel between this island and the Isle of Amber was one vast sheet of white foam full of yawning black depths. Heaps of this foam more than six feet...
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The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections from ..., Volume 10

Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - Literature - 1898 - 558 pages
...immense stones, with a hoarse and dismal noise. The sea, swelled by the violence of the wind, rose higher every moment; and the whole channel between this island and the Isle of Amber was soon one vast sheet of white foam, full of yawning pits of black and deep billows. Heaps of this...
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The Tour of the World in Eighty Days

Jules Verne - Adventure stories, French - 1899 - 320 pages
...immense stones, with a hoarse and dismal noise. The sea, swelled by the violence of the wind, rose higher every moment ; and the whole channel between this island and the isle of Amber was soon one vast sheet of white foam, full of yawning pits of black and deep billows. Heaps of this...
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Masterpieces of the World's Best Literature, Volume 7

Jeannette Leonard Gilder - Literature - 1910 - 330 pages
...immense stones, with a hoarse and dismal noise. The sea, swelled by the violence of the wind, rose higher every moment; and the whole channel between this island and the isle of Amber was soon one vast sheet of white foam, full of yawning pits of black and deep billows. Heaps of this...
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The universal anthology, a collection of the best literature ..., Volume 19

Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...immense stones, with a hoarse and dismal noise. The sea, swelled by the violence of the wind, rose higher every moment ; and the whole channel between this island and the Isle of Amber was soon one vast sheet of white foam, full of yawning pits of black and deep billows. Heaps of this...
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