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  • They would remain away for a couple of days; then one morning they would be seen rowing about in the tub which they called their boat.

    Original Short Stories — Volume 03 Guy de Maupassant 1871

  • They would remain away for a couple of days; then one morning they would be seen rowing about in the tub which they called their boat.

    Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant Guy de Maupassant 1871

  • Pine Island Hotel, I'll run you down there in the _Skipjack_, as I call my boat. "

    The Ocean Wireless Boys And The Naval Code John Henry Goldfrap 1898

  • "I was anxious to see if he would recognize the stream, and possibly recall the boat."

    The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns Roger Thompson Finlay

  • When the knight and his page had sufficiently admired the beauties of the place, the cavalier advanced to the edge of the lagoon and called the boat.

    Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside Emily Mayer Higgins

  • At last one day the great work _was_ completed, and turned out to be, not a coffin, but what the happy builder called a boat.

    The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911 Various 1899

  • "Right now they want to hold our captain for ransom, and we are trying to get him back," second mate Ken Quinn told CNN in a live interview after the cable news network called the boat.

    unknown title 2009

  • "Right now they want to hold our captain for ransom, and we are trying to get him back," second mate Ken Quinn told CNN in a live interview after the cable news network called the boat.

    CTV News RSS Feed 2009

  • "Right now they want to hold our captain for ransom, and we are trying to get him back," second mate Ken Quinn told CNN in a live interview after the cable news network called the boat.

    Newsmax - Inside Cover 2009

  • "Right now they want to hold our captain for ransom, and we are trying to get him back," second mate Ken Quinn told CNN in a live interview after the cable news network called the boat.

    chron.com Chronicle 2009

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