A Description of Pitcairn's Island and Its Inhabitants: With an Authentic Account of the Mutiny of the Ship Bounty, and of the Subsequent Fortunes of the MutineersHarper, 1832 - 303 sidor |
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... narrative of an event which deeply interested the public at the time of its occurrence , and from which the naval service in particular , in all its ranks , may still draw instructive and useful les- sons . The story in itself is ...
... narrative of an event which deeply interested the public at the time of its occurrence , and from which the naval service in particular , in all its ranks , may still draw instructive and useful les- sons . The story in itself is ...
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... narrative , to give a general description of the rich and spontaneous gifts which Nature has lavished on this once " happy island ; " - of the simple and ingenuous manners of its natives , -and of those allurements which were supposed ...
... narrative , to give a general description of the rich and spontaneous gifts which Nature has lavished on this once " happy island ; " - of the simple and ingenuous manners of its natives , -and of those allurements which were supposed ...
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... true answer will be , to neither . " Not only , " continues the writer , " was the narrative which he published * United Service Journal for April , 1831 . proved to be false in many material bearings by evi- 72 THE MUTINY .
... true answer will be , to neither . " Not only , " continues the writer , " was the narrative which he published * United Service Journal for April , 1831 . proved to be false in many material bearings by evi- 72 THE MUTINY .
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... narrative of his voyage , and the narrative on which the mutineers were tried , there are many important omissions from his original manuscript journal , some of which it will be necessary to notice presently . G The same writer further ...
... narrative of his voyage , and the narrative on which the mutineers were tried , there are many important omissions from his original manuscript journal , some of which it will be necessary to notice presently . G The same writer further ...
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... narrative acknowledges that he had left some friends on board the Bounty , and no part of my conduct could have induced him to believe that I ought not to be reckoned of the number . Indeed , from his at- tention to , and very kind ...
... narrative acknowledges that he had left some friends on board the Bounty , and no part of my conduct could have induced him to believe that I ought not to be reckoned of the number . Indeed , from his at- tention to , and very kind ...
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Adams affectionate appeared arms arrival assistance beloved boat boatswain Bounty bread bread-fruit brother brought called canoes Captain Beechey Captain Bligh Captain Cook Captain Edwards Captain Pipon carpenter Charles Churchill Churchill circumstances clothes cocoanut commander conduct Cook court court-martial crew dear dearest death deck distress doubt endeavour feeling feet Fletcher Christian Fryer gave Hallet hands happy Hayward heard honour hope innocence James Morrison John John Adams kind land launch letter Lieutenant Bligh M'Intosh majesty's majesty's ship manner master-at-arms mate Matthew Quintal midshipman mind misery morning Morrison mutiny narrative natives NESSY HEYWOOD never night observes occasion officers ordered Otaheitans Otaheite Pandora person Peter Heywood Pitcairn's Island prisoners Quintal received remained sail says Bligh seamen ship ship's company shore sister situation soon Stewart sufferings tain taken thing Thomas Ellison tion told vessel voyage whole women young