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remained on deck long enough to see
Our second night of sun was not so rich in colouring as the first, yet we remained on deck long enough to see the orb rise [Pg 311] again from his lowest dip, and change evening into morning by the same incomprehensible process.
— from Northern Travel: Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland by Bayard Taylor

remained on deck long enough to secure
He remained on deck long enough to secure sights for his longitude; and then, turning over the care of the brig to the carpenter—a very steady and trustworthy man—he went below and turned in, giving orders that he was to be called at seven bells; adding, in explanation of Purchas’s non-appearance, that he was not very well.
— from Dick Leslie's Luck: A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure by Harry Collingwood

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