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  • But Dalgard rummaged in his voyager's bag and brought out a half-dozen crystal beads.

    Star Born Andre Norton 1958

  • It was still early in the summer-too early to expect to find ripe fruit But Dalgard rummaged in his voyager's bag and brought out a half-dozen crystal beads.

    Star Born Norton, Andre 1957

  • It was still early in the summer-too early to expect to find ripe fruit But Dalgard rummaged in his voyager's bag and brought out a half-dozen crystal beads.

    Star Born Norton, Andre 1957

  • I learned that my fare was much greater than any other voyager's on board, that is, it cost more to carry me.

    Lord Dolphin Harriet A. Cheever

  • As for me, long tossed on the stormiest waves of doubtful conflict and arduous endeavor, I have begun to feel, since the shades of forty years fell upon me, the weary tempest-driven voyager's longing for land, the wanderer's yearning for the hamlet where in childhood he nestled by his mother's knee, and was soothed to sleep on her breast.

    Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers Benj. N. Martin

  • A little boy puts my thoughts into words when he exclaims, "How steady the ground is!" and becomes a still more faithful interpreter of a wave-worn voyager's sensations when, a couple of hours later, he demands permission to get _out_ of his delicious little white bed that he may have the pleasure of getting _into_ it again.

    Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876 Various

  • Sam, by the aid of his voyager's sash, easily carried the supplies and blankets; Dick fastened the two paddles across the thwarts to form a neck-yoke, and swung off with the canoe.

    The Silent Places 1904

  • The turquoise wings dipped and rose, sometimes coming so close to the water that the Babe caught his breath, thinking the frail voyager's eyes were unable to distinguish between the crystal purity of the water and that of the air.

    Children of the Wild Charles George Douglas Roberts 1901

  • But the Babe said nothing, being too intent upon the aerial voyager's career.

    Children of the Wild Charles George Douglas Roberts 1901

  • Here is the place to see it all, and to drain the full cup of delight; not a standpoint, but a sailing-line just beyond Baker's Island: a voyager's field of vision, shifting, changing, unfolding, as new bays and islands come into view, and new peaks arise, and new valleys open in the line of emerald and amethyst and carnelian and tourmaline hills.

    Days Off And Other Digressions Henry Van Dyke 1892

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