| 1. |
Snow-Balls have flown their Arcs, starr'd the Sides of Outbuildings, as of Cousins, carried Hats away into the brisk Wind off Delaware |
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| 1.2. |
Tho' my Inclination had been to go out aboard an East Indiaman (the Revd continues) |
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10 |
| 2. |
To Mr. Mason, Assistant to the Astronomer Royal, At Greenwich |
12 |
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| 3. |
I was not there when they met —or, not in the usual Way. |
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| 4. |
Had it proved of any help that the Revd had tried to follow the advise of Epictetus |
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| 4.2. |
"He wants whah'?" |
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| 4.3. |
As they proceed down the Channel |
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| 4.4. |
"'Twas small work to come up with us, get to leeward |
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| 4.5. |
Altho' Dixon is heading off to Sumatra with a member of the Church of England,— that is, the Ancestor of Troubles,— |
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38 |
| 5. |
If ever they meant to break up the Partnership, this would've been the time. |
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| 6. |
"The Interdiction at Sea, it seems to the Revd, "was patently a warning to the Astronomers, from Beyond. |
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| 6.2. |
So off we sail again (the Revd continues), this time in convoy with another, larger Frigate |
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| 6.3. |
"Cheerly. Cheerly, then, Lads..." |
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| 6.4. |
"Why?" the Twins wish to know. |
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| 6.5. |
On Southward the Seahorse gallops |
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| 7. |
Trying to remember how they ever came to this place, both speak of Passage as by a kind of Flight |
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| 7.2. |
Although rooming at the Zeemann's, the Astronomers are soon eating at the house behind |
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| 7.3. |
"Even by then," the Revd declares, "upon some Topicks, the Astronomers remain'd innocent. |
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| 8. |
As the Days here slip by, whilst the Transit yet lies to distant for him quite to believe in, Dixon |
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| 9. |
Despite all wish to avoid it, here they are, Vrou Vroom and Mason, in an upper Bedroom, |
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| 10. |
As Planets do the Sun, we orbit 'round God according to Laws as elegant as Kepler's. |
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| 10.2. |
Somebody, somewhere in the World, watching the Planet go dark against the Sun,— dark, mad, mortal, |
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| 10.3. |
When they leave the Cape, no one is there at the Quay to say good-bye but Bonk |
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102 |
| 10.4. |
"What made them leave home and set sail upon dangerous seas, |
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102 |
| 11. |
"The St. Helena of old had been a Paradise," avers Euphrenia. |
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| 11.2. |
The idea, in making Port at St. Helena, is to keep to windward, |
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106 |
| 11.3. |
The year after Rebekah's dead was treacherous ground for Mason, |
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110 |
| 11.4. |
'Twas then that Mason began his Practice, each Friday, of going out to the hangings at Tyburn |
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110 |
| 11.5. |
"You did have me going, Florinda." |
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114 |
| 12. |
Mason, Dixon, and Maskelyne are in a punch house on Cock Hill called "The Moon" |
116 |
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| 13. |
Intent upon picking his way back over the wet Rocks to the Sea-Steps, |
125 |
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| 14. |
Mason, up on the Ridge, finds himself wondering about Dixon |
146 |
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| 15. |
Mason, convinc'd that he has been set upon a Pelgrimage by Forces beyond his ability at present to reach,— |
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| 15.2. |
And here it is, upon the Windward Side, where no ship ever comes willingly, that her visits begin. |
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163 |
| 16. |
Here is what Mason tells Dixon of how Rebekah and he first met. |
167 |
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| 17. |
Once 'round Castle Rock and the Needles, |
175 |
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| 18. |
Void of Course, back with Senses Boggl'd from War, Slavery, Succesful Obs, the wind at St. Helena |
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| 18.2. |
However content Rebekah may be, Mason's Sisters are unusually harsh in their treatment with him. |
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184 |
| 19. |
In the bar of The George, what should he find, as the Topick of vehement Conversation, but Bradley again. |
190 |
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| 20. |
The Boys circle about, not sure of him, tho 'Doc has come running, |
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| 20.2. |
In fact, far from the Ogre or Troll his son makes him out to be, Charles Sr. is a wistful and spiritual person. |
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204 |
| 21. |
The towns around the Golden Valley didn't think much of one another |
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| 21.2. |
They found a Hill-Top and pick-nick'd. |
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208 |
| 21.3. |
London is chang'd. |
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212 |
| 22. |
Fr. Christopoher Maire, far from pallid, wearing no black beyond his Queue-Tie, |
215 |
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| 22.2. |
"In Paris," comments Cousin DePugh, |
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216 |
| 22.3. |
Most of Hurworth (the Revd has meanwhile continu'd) believe William Emerson a practicing Magician. |
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218 |
| 23. |
Indeed, one look at the place is enough to reconcile Fr. Maire to the possibility of having to leave it. |
228 |
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| 24. |
The most metaphysickal thing Mason will ever remember Dixon saying is, "I owe my existence to a pair of Shoes." |
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| 24.2. |
His father died when Jeremiah was twenty-two, |
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241 |
| 25. |
Miss Tenebrae, perplex'd, puts down her Embroidery. |
246 |
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| 25.2. |
The days before their Departure are Humid, splash'd into repeatedly by Rain. |
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246 |