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 & Brothers, 1845 - 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 owes its appear- ance . But a higher object at present is engaging his attention , which , when completed , judging from that portion already before the public , will have raised a splendid and lasting monument to the name of ...
... narrative owes its appear- ance . But a higher object at present is engaging his attention , which , when completed , judging from that portion already before the public , will have raised a splendid and lasting monument to the name of ...
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... Narrative of the unparalleled Voyage of Four Thousand Miles , per- formed by Lieutenant Bligh and seventeen others in an open Boat 92 CHAPTER V. THE PANDORA . Narrative of the Expedition of the Ship Pandora in Search of the Muti ...
... Narrative of the unparalleled Voyage of Four Thousand Miles , per- formed by Lieutenant Bligh and seventeen others in an open Boat 92 CHAPTER V. THE PANDORA . Narrative of the Expedition of the Ship Pandora in Search of the Muti ...
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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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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
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Sida 63 - Horror and doubt distract His troubled thoughts, and from the bottom stir The hell within him ; for within him Hell He brings, and round about him, nor from Hell One step, no more than from himself, can fly By change of place.
Sida 69 - Notwithstanding the roughness with which I was treated the remembrance of past kindnesses produced some signs of remorse in Christian. When they were forcing me out of the ship I asked him if this treatment was a proper return for the many instances he had received of my friendship? he appeared disturbed at my question and answered with much emotion: "That, captain Bligh, that is the thing; I am in hell, I am in hell.
Sida 48 - The unreap'd harvest of unfurrow'd fields, And bakes its unadulterated loaves Without a furnace in unpurchased groves, And flings off famine from its fertile breast, A priceless market for the gathering guest...
Sida 252 - Pacific islands; his only dress was a piece of cloth round his loins, and a straw hat ornamented with the black feathers of the domestic fowl. "With a great share of good humour...
Sida 216 - ... the commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland...
Sida 134 - But that the sea, mounting to the welkin's cheek, Dashes the fire out. O, I have suffer'd With those that I saw suffer : a brave vessel, Who had, no doubt, some noble creature in her, Dash'd all to pieces. O, the cry did knock Against my very heart. Poor souls, they perish'd.
Sida 101 - At dawn of day, some of my people seemed half dead: our appearances were horrible; and I could look no way, but I caught the eye of some one in distress. Extreme hunger was now too evident, but no one suffered from thirst, nor had we much inclination to drink, that desire, perhaps, being satisfied through the skin. The little sleep we got was in the midst of water, and we constantly awoke with severe cramps and pains in our bones.
Sida 70 - It will very naturally be asked, What could be the reason for such a revolt ? In answer to which, I can only conjecture that the mutineers had flattered themselves with the hopes of a more happy life among the Otaheitans than they could possibly enjoy in England; and this, joined to some female connections, most probably occasioned the whole transaction.
Sida 152 - And down she suck'd with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples with his enemy, And strives to strangle him before he die.
Sida 152 - Like one who grapples with his enemy, And strives to strangle him before he die. And first one universal shriek there rush'd, Louder than the loud ocean, like a crash Of echoing thunder ; and then all was hush'd, Save the wild wind and the remorseless dash Of billows ; but at intervals there gush'd, Accompanied with a convulsive splash, A solitary shriek, the bubbling cry Of some strong swimmer in his agony.