discern, Or half-conceal'd some figure at the stern ; Boys who, on shore, to sea the pebble cast, Will hear it strike against the viewless mast ; While the stern boatman growls his fierce disdain, At whom he knows not, whom he threats in vain. Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of knowledge, ed. by E ... - Page 147 by Encyclopaedia - 1845 Full view -
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