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It was little more than a scarecrow ship, and the overlapping scribbles of yellow and orange had turned it into a ghost-ship, as well, as if that peculiar sunset were shining right through it.
Duma Key King, Stephen, 1947- 2008
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The ghost-ship had turned a little more; its name appeared to be the Perse.
Duma Key King, Stephen, 1947- 2008
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And now there was this shadow vessel-thing — ghost-ship I called it.
The Ghost Pirates 2007
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Good plan, until the whole thing turns into the lamest ghost-ship mystery since, well, Ghost Ship .
Reviews: BBC America's Jekyll, Rocketeers, and On the Wing Now 2007
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Just then it seemed the most natural thing in the world that they should be there, though afterwards, of course, I could see that that proved it was a ghost-ship.
The Ghost Ship Richard Middleton
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Yes; but the strange thing is that as, in spite of all jocose tricks and low-comedy misadventures, Don Quixote departs from us with a great light shining upon him; so this ghost-ship of Richard
The Ghost Ship Richard Middleton
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Now I don't know much about ships, but I should think that that ghost-ship weighed a solid two hundred tons, and it seemed to me that she had come to stay, so that I felt sorry for landlord, who was
The Ghost Ship Richard Middleton
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"She seems very solid for a ghost-ship," I said, seeing the landlord was bothered.
The Ghost Ship Richard Middleton
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Ninety-seven was Jubilee year, the year of the second Jubilee, you remember, and we had great doings at Fairfield, so that we hadn't much time to bother about the ghost-ship though anyhow it isn't our way to meddle in things that don't concern us.
The Ghost Ship Richard Middleton
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I was surprised at that until he explained that it was only a ghost-ship and would do no hurt to the turnips.
The Ghost Ship Richard Middleton
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