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Candide: A Tempest, a Shipwreck, an Earthquake, and What Else Befell Dr. Pangloss, Candide, and James, the Anabaptist
How Candide Found His Old Mas... How the Portuguese Made a Sup... A Tempest, a Shipwreck, an Earthquake, and What Else Befell Dr. Pangloss, Candide, and James, the Anabaptist One…Red Sky Proverb
The Question: What is the correct ending to the quotation that begins, "Red sky at night..."? The Answer: The expression you are referring to…William Shakespeare: Hamlet, Act IV, Scene VI
Scene VIAnother room in the castleEnter Horatio and a ServantHoratioWhat are they that would speak with me?ServantSailors, sir: they say they have letters for you.HoratioLet them come in.Exit…Selected Essays in Black History: My Escape from Slavery
The Negro Exodus The Goophered Grapevine My Escape from Slavery by Frederick Douglass In the first narrative of my experience in slavery, written nearly forty years ago, and in…2000-2001 Washington Wizards Team Statistics
Gm FG% Tpts PPG RPG APG Richard Hamilton 78 .438 1411 18.1 3.1 2.9 Mitch Richmond 37 .407 598 16.2 2.9 3.0 Christian Laettner 78…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: On The Seas And Far Away
by Robert Burns Inscription To Miss Graham Of FintryCa' The Yowes To The Knowes-Se...On The Seas And Far Away Tune—"O'er the hills and far away." How can my poor heart be glad,…The Nautical Knot
The Question: I need to know about nautical knots. Before computers, how did sailors measure them? Why are they called "knots" in the first place…2,000 Years of the Necktie: Sailing the Seven Seas
Sailing the Seven Seas by David Johnson Neckties Through the Ages Introduction210 B.C.China's First Emperor 113 A.D.Did Romans Wear Ties? 17th CenturyCroatian Cravats for the King of…Brewer's: Ambassador
a practical joke played on greenhorns aboard ship. A tub full of water is placed between two stools, and the whole being covered with a green cloth, a sailor sits on each stool, to keep…Brewer's: Jib
A triangular sail borne in front of the foremast. It has the bowsprit for a base in small vessels, and the jib-boom in larger ones, and exerts an important effect, when the wind is abeam,…