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The merchant bowed, and knocked at the door of a red brick house--door green--brass knocker. Captain Gregory Jones was a tall man; he wore a blue coat without skirts; he had hig...
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2. Part 2About five o'clock I again look out, and behold the morning twilight. A beautiful even tone of grey, finely blended with a warmth-giving red, now overspreads the sky. The zenith...
4. Part 4_Proxy_.--In 1436, we find the Bishop of Hola, in Iceland, whimsically enough hiring the master of a London merchant ship to sail to Iceland as his proxy, and to perform the nec...