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...crew, to the dim lines of spars that were waving above his head, like so many pencils tracing their curvilinear and wanton images over the murky volumes...instructed listeners, like notes of fearful preparation. The conscious seamen took their impulses from the tones of their Commander. In a moment, twenty dark...

...crew, to the dim lines of spars that were waving above his head, like so many pencils tracing their curvilinear and wanton images over the murky volumes...were apparently spoken but little above his breath. The creaking of the blocks, as the spars came slowly and heavily round to the indicated position, contributed...

...crew, to the dim lines of spars that were waving above his head, like so many pencils tracing their curvilinear and wanton images over the murky volumes...were apparently spoken but little above his breath. The creaking of the blocks, as the spars came slowly and heavily round to the indicated position, contributed...

...curvilinear and wanton images over the murky volumes of the superincumbent clouds. "Lay the after yards square," he said, in a voice, which was heard by every...were apparently spoken but little above his breath. The creaking of the blocks, as the spars came slowly and heavily round to the indicated position contributed...