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"Albatross" -- a transport laden with cattle and commissariat officers for Balaclava.
Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands Mary Seacole
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I also want to finish the thesis aka The Albatross because it is preventing me from working on longer works of fiction.
2010 Australian Specfic Snapshot: Marty Young girliejones 2010
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I also want to finish the thesis aka The Albatross because it is preventing me from working on longer works of fiction.
2010 Australian Specfic Snapshot: Lisa Hannett girliejones 2010
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"As sound asleep as ever," answered Jack; "but, Albatross, is not that the sea which lies under us?
Mopsa the Fairy 1910
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[Till a great sea-bird, called the Albatross, came through the snow-fog, and was received with great joy and hospitality.]
English Songs and Ballads Various
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Till a great sea-bird, called the Albatross, came through the snow-fog, and was received with great joy and hospitality.
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Till a great sea-bird, called the Albatross, came through the snow-fog, and was received with great joy and hospitality.
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Till a great sea-bird, called the Albatross, came through the snow-fog, and was received with great joy and hospitality.
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Till a great sea-bird, called the Albatross, came through the snow-fog, and was received with great joy and hospitality.
Poems of Coleridge Arthur Symons 1905
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There is always love enough for the largest family, and everything that could be desired in an only child, and Mother Albatross was as proud as if she had been a hen sitting on a dozen.
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