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Strongish sea-breezes keep it feeling fresh in the daytime.
Journal for 14 December 2000 Alex Allan 2009
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Yet the rigour of the sea-breezes, and the almost constant drizzling rain which fell, Matilda was afraid, even in the short voyage, would hasten her dissolution, for she appeared much worse since their aquatic excursion to Staffa.
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Pretty soon she's going back home to sea-breezes and wine-and-cheeses in Paolo Alto.
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The weather was splendid, the temperature very warm in the day time, but in the evening the sea-breezes tempered the heat of the atmosphere and procured cool nights for the inhabitants of Granite
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The weather was splendid, the temperature very warm in the day time, but in the evening the sea-breezes tempered the heat of the atmosphere and procured cool nights for the inhabitants of Granite
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Broadstairs, Herne Bay, or Dover, Crinoline and her mamma invigorated themselves with the sea-breezes of the ocean — perhaps it was there that she was enabled to assume that covering for her head in which her soul most delighted.
The Three Clerks 2004
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The prevailing wind in the summer is the S.E., varied by sea-breezes during the day.
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Being fully exposed to the sea-breezes in three directions it is healthy, and the soft sandy heath offers great facilities for hauling up the praus, in order to secure them from sea-worms and prepare them for the homeward voyage.
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But in these years he was never able to get his neck out of the yoke; and Mary took her annual jaunts to Melbourne and sea-breezes alone.
Australia Felix 2003
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Early on the 3rd of August, another unsuccessful attempt was made to warp the vessel out of the harbour but in the morning of the next day the efforts of our voyagers were more prosperous, and the Endeavour got once more under sail with a light air from the land, which soon died away, and was followed by sea-breezes from south-east by south.
Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003
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