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1 He had never seen one of those returning ships launch itself towards the stars.
2 The harbor was filling with returning ships .
3 More anxious hours ensued, when three other sail came in sight, and they recognized three of their own returning ships .
4 Meanwhile, in France, Huguenot influence, aided by ardent letters sent home by Villegagnon in the returning ships , was urging on the work.
5 Columbus was able to dispatch the returning ships , with the encouraging reports brought in by Meldonado and Ojeda, but with very little gold.
6 They had less and less in common; the returning ships became ever more infrequent, until at last generations passed between the visits from outside.
7 All Indian trade with the Red Sea was paid for in gold and silver, so that the returning ships offered many tempting prizes to freebooters.
8 The tall elms here and there towered like the masts of returning ships , slow sailing from a wintry voyage back to summer lands and splendor.
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