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They talked for a couple more minutes, then continued with Ordinary Eyes, I Know the Reason, Desperation Song, This is My Song, Happy Birthday for someone in the audiance, A new song called Porpoise, Torn to Tattered, Paloma.
Leaf Tea and Carbon Wood Andrew 2005
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They talked for a couple more minutes, then continued with Ordinary Eyes, I Know the Reason, Desperation Song, This is My Song, Happy Birthday for someone in the audiance, A new song called Porpoise, Torn to Tattered, Paloma.
Archive 2005-09-01 Andrew 2005
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Beyond the DUODECIMO, this system does not proceed, inasmuch as the Porpoise is the smallest of the whales.
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He decided that the best way to get there was to go under the ocean in a submarine boat, and he and the boys built a very fine, craft, called the Porpoise, which was capable of being propelled under water at a great depth.
Through Space to Mars Or the Longest Journey on Record Roy Rockwood
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The Porpoise was the best of the four vessels mentioned, but she was by no means a sound ship, and it did not seem justifiable to incur the expense of fitting her for special service only to find her incapable of finishing the task.
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Scott, Ernest, 1868-1939 1914
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Beyond the DUODECIMO, this system does not proceed, inasmuch as the Porpoise is the smallest of the whales.
Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855
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Beyond the DUODECIMO, this system does not proceed, inasmuch as the Porpoise is the smallest of the whales.
Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855
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Beyond the Duodecimo, this system does not proceed, inasmuch as the Porpoise is the smallest of the whales.
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The Porpoise was a fair sample of the type; a full-rigged brig of one hundred and thirty tons, heavily sparred, deep waisted, and carrying a battery of eight twenty-four-pound carronades and two long chasers; so wet that even in a moderate breeze or sea it was necessary to batten down; and so tender that she required careful watching; only five feet between decks, her quarters were necessarily cramped and uncomfortable, and, as far as possible, we lived on deck.
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The largest kind of Porpoise; and only found in the Pacific, so far as it is known.
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