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" ... up the ascents of the foaming surf, that threatens to burst over their heads ; sweeping along the hollow troughs of the sea, as in a sheltered valley, and again mounting with the rising billow, and, just above its surface, occasionally dropping... "
The Illustrated Natural History - Page 318
by John George Wood - 1855 - 444 pages
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The Port Folio

1813 - 716 pages
...the foaming surf that threatens to burst over their heads; sweeping along the hollow trough* of (he sea as in a sheltered valley, and again mounting with...sometimes leaping, with both legs parallel, on the surfaceof the roughest waves, for several 'yards at a time. Meanwhile it continues coursing from side...
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The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment, Volume 7

1831 - 470 pages
...coursing over the waves, down the declivities, up the ascents of the foaming surf that threatens to burst over their heads, sweeping along the hollow troughs...again with additional force, sometimes leaping, with hoth legs parallel, on the surface of the roughest waves for several yards at a time. Meanwhile it...
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The Monthly Review

1831 - 652 pages
...declivities, and up the ascents of the foaming surf that threatens to burst over their heads, sweeping along troughs of the sea as in a sheltered valley, and again...and just above its surface, occasionally dropping their feet, which, striking the water, throw them up again with additional force, sometimes leaping,...
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The Monthly Repository and Library of Entertaining Knowledge, Volume 4

1834 - 440 pages
...over the waves, down the declivities, and up the ascents of the foaming sun' that threatens to burst over their heads, sweeping along the hollow troughs...and just above its surface, occasionally dropping their feet, which, striking the water, throw them up again with additional force, sometimes leaping,...
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Men and Things in America: Being the Experience of a Year's Residence in the ...

Andrew Bell - 1838 - 316 pages
...coursing over the waves, down the declivities, up the ascent of the foaming surf that threatens to burst over their heads ; sweeping along the hollow troughs...surface, occasionally dropping its feet, which, striking against the water, throws it up again with additional force ; sometimes leaping with both legs parallel...
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Reading Book for the Use of Female Schools

1839 - 428 pages
...the declivities, and * Hebrew, St. Peter. up the descents of the foaming surf that threatens to burst over their heads ; sweeping along the hollow troughs...and just above its surface, occasionally dropping their feet, which striking the water, throw them up again with additional force ; sometimes leaping...
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The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ..., Volume 18

1840 - 522 pages
...with the breaking surge which threatens to burst over their heads, sweeping through the hollow waves as in a sheltered valley, and again mounting with the rising billow, they trip and jerk sportively and securely on the roughest sea, defying the horrors of the storm, and...
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Parley's Magazine, Volume 8

1840 - 382 pages
...coursing over the wares, down the declivities, up the ascents of the foaming surf that threatens to burst over their heads ; sweeping along the hollow troughs...the roughest waves, for several yards at a time.' But the most singular peculiarity of this bird, is its faculty of standing, or even running on the...
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Journal of a Wanderer: Being a Residence of India, and Six Weeks in North ...

Journal - 1844 - 296 pages
...coursing over the waves, down the valleys, and up theascents of the foaming surf that threaten to burst over their heads, sweeping along the hollow troughs...rising billow, and just above its surface, occasionally drooping their feet, which, striking the water, throw them up again with additional force, sometimes...
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The Church of England Magazine, Volume 18

1845 - 518 pages
...over the waves, down the declivities and up the ascents of the foaming surf that threatens to burst over their heads, sweeping along the hollow troughs...billow, and just above its surface occasionally dropping their feetj which, striking the water, throw them up again with additional force, sometimes leaping,...
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