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No references found	Patient of toil, not to be disheartened by impediments and disappointments, fertile in expedients, and versed in every mode of humoring and conquering the wayward current, they would ply every exertion, sometimes in the boat, sometimes on shore, sometimes in the water, however cold; always alert, always in good humor; and, should they at any time flag or grow weary, one of their popular songs, chanted by a veteran oarsman, and responded to in chorus, acted as a never- failing restorative. Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context He would say the most terrific things to his crew, in a tone so strangely compounded of fun and fury, and the fury seemed so calculated merely as a spice to the fun, that no oarsman could hear such queer invocations without pulling for dear life, and yet pulling for the mere joke of the thing. Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context He had no theory with regard to cold bathing or the use of Indian clubs; he was neither an oarsman, a rifleman, nor a fencer--he had never had time for these amusements--and he was quite unaware that the saddle is recommended for certain forms of indigestion. The American by James, Henry View in context	Oak Point State Park Oak Ridge Oak Silkworms oak varnish oak wilt Oakes Oakham Oakhurst, John Oakland Oakland County Oakland Urban Parks Oakley Oakley Festival Oakley, Annie Oaklisp Oakmen oakmoss resin Oaks Oakum Oakville Oakwood Lakes State Park OAM OAP Oar Oarfish oarsman Oases oasis OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications Oasis State Park OASM system oat Oates Oates Coast Oates, Joyce Carol Oates, Titus oath Oath Monday Oath of Allegiance oatmeal oatmeal paper oats OAW Oaxaca Ob OB association Ob Bay Ob Plateau Ob River Ob Trench Ob-	oaring oaring oaring oaring OARiNZ oario- OARK OARL oarless oarless oarless oarless oarlock oarlock Oarlocks Oarlocks OARLTCO OARM OARNET OARP OARPO OARRs oars oars oars oars oars OARS-IADL OARS-MFAQ OARSA oarsman oarsmanship oarsmanship oarsmen oarsmen OARSP OARSS Oarsweed oarswoman oarswoman oarswomen oarswomen OART OARTS OARTY oarweed Oary OAS OAS OAS OAS OAS (disambiguation) OAS2 OASA OASA (IL&E) OASA(CW) OASA(FM) OASA(IL&E) OASA(IL) OASA(M&RA) OASA(R&D)

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Patient of toil, not to be disheartened by impediments and disappointments, fertile in expedients, and versed in every mode of humoring and conquering the wayward current, they would ply every exertion, sometimes in the boat, sometimes on shore, sometimes in the water, however cold; always alert, always in good humor; and, should they at any time flag or grow weary, one of their popular songs, chanted by a veteran oarsman, and responded to in chorus, acted as a never- failing restorative.

Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context

He would say the most terrific things to his crew, in a tone so strangely compounded of fun and fury, and the fury seemed so calculated merely as a spice to the fun, that no oarsman could hear such queer invocations without pulling for dear life, and yet pulling for the mere joke of the thing.

Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context

He had no theory with regard to cold bathing or the use of Indian clubs; he was neither an oarsman, a rifleman, nor a fencer--he had never had time for these amusements--and he was quite unaware that the saddle is recommended for certain forms of indigestion.

The American by James, Henry View in context

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