Palmetto Leaves: Large Print

By: Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Yes, here he comes again Look at him Whose dog is he? We are sitting around the littledeck-house of the Savannah steamer, in that languid state of endurance which befalls4voyagers, when, though the sky is clear, and the heavens blue, and the sea calm as alooking-glass, there is yet that gentle, treacherous, sliding rise and fall, denominated aground-swell.Reader, do you remember it? Of all deceitful demons of the deep, this same smooth, slippery, cheating ground-swell is the most diabolic. Because, you see, he is a mean imp, anunderhanded, unfair, swindling scamp, who takes from you all the glory of endurance. Fairto the eye, plausible as possible, he says to you, "What's the matter? What can you askbrighter than this sky, smoother than this sea, more glossy and calm than these ripplingwaves? How fortunate that you have such an exceptionally smooth voyage

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B086L76LHW
• ISBN13: 9798629405139
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"