Saunterings
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By Charles Dudley Warner 24 Oct, 2019
Brief Extract: I confess to have been deceived about this Atlantic, the roughest and windiest of oceans. If you look at it on the map, it does n't appear to be much, and, indeed, it is spoken of as a ferry. What with the eight and nine days' passages ... Read more
Brief Extract: I confess to have been deceived about this Atlantic, the roughest and windiest of oceans. If you look at it on the map, it does n't appear to be much, and, indeed, it is spoken of as a ferry. What with the eight and nine days' passages over it, and the laying of the cable, which annihilates distance, I had the impression that it's tedious three thousand and odd miles had been, somehow, partly done away with; but they are all there. Less
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  • 2015-12-05
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  • 978-1358160844
Charles Dudley Warner was an American essayist, novelist, and friend of Mark Twain, with whom he co-authored the novel The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today. Warner travelled widely, lectured frequently,...
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