Main Title: Two Years Before the Mast
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Author: Dana Jr., Richard Henry
First Published: 1840
Publisher Used for Citing: Project Gutenberg
Type: Fiction
Period: 19th Century

It came on to blow worse and worse, with hail and snow beating like so many furies upon the ship, it being as dark and thick as night could make it.


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Author-Dana Jr Richard Henry Title-Two Years Before the Mast Year-1840 Period-19th Century Type-Fiction Publisher-Project Gutenberg

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