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The Dolphin, though quite willing to give him assistance, was unable to do so, as he could not by any means reach the land.
I have sent Charles to town to make matters up if he can, for I do not by any means want her here.
And though this also holds true of merchant vessels, yet not by any means to the same extent as with whalemen.
Several large islands certainly exist in the lake; one of which is said to be mountainous, but not by any means to the extent required to furnish the series of peaks above mentioned.
As to our lodging, it's not by any means splendid, because I have my own bread to earn, and my father hasn't anything to give me, and I shouldn't be willing to take it, if he had.
I was right, as appeared later; but in the meantime, the house being stifling hot and the little patch of sand inside the palisade ablaze with midday sun, I began to get another thought into my head, which was not by any means so right.
Vet the ending is appropriate, and it is not by any means disappointing.
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