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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... allowed to sleep with her attendants in Mr. Banks's tent . In this , how- ever , she was not gratified . " Sir Joseph might have thought , that if he complied with her request his breeches might be in danger of following the other ...
... allowed to sleep with her attendants in Mr. Banks's tent . In this , how- ever , she was not gratified . " Sir Joseph might have thought , that if he complied with her request his breeches might be in danger of following the other ...
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... allowed to come upon deck , where they saw me standing abaft the mizenmast , with my hands tied behind my back , under a guard , with Christian at their head . The boatswain was ordered to hoist the launch out , with a threat , if he ...
... allowed to come upon deck , where they saw me standing abaft the mizenmast , with my hands tied behind my back , under a guard , with Christian at their head . The boatswain was ordered to hoist the launch out , with a threat , if he ...
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... allowed to collect twine , canvass , lines , sails , cordage , an eight - and - twenty gallon cask of water ; and Mr. Samuel got one hundred and fifty pounds of bread , with a small quantity of rum and wine , also a quadrant and compass ...
... allowed to collect twine , canvass , lines , sails , cordage , an eight - and - twenty gallon cask of water ; and Mr. Samuel got one hundred and fifty pounds of bread , with a small quantity of rum and wine , also a quadrant and compass ...
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... allowed to stand as some proof , that with all his failings he had his merits . That he was a man of coarse habits , and entertained very mistaken notions with regard to discipline , is quite true : yet he had many redeeming qualities ...
... allowed to stand as some proof , that with all his failings he had his merits . That he was a man of coarse habits , and entertained very mistaken notions with regard to discipline , is quite true : yet he had many redeeming qualities ...
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... allowed to come upon deck , after the boat in which were Bligh and his companions had been turned adrift . He said , that " finding himself much hurt by the treatment he had received from Lieutenant Bligh , he had determined to quit the ...
... allowed to come upon deck , after the boat in which were Bligh and his companions had been turned adrift . He said , that " finding himself much hurt by the treatment he had received from Lieutenant Bligh , he had determined to quit the ...
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Sida 152 - 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.
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 214 - Well believe this, No ceremony that to great ones 'longs, Not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword, The marshal's truncheon, nor the judge's robe, Become them with one half so good a grace, As mercy does.
Sida 134 - Put the wild waters in this roar, allay them. The sky, it seems, would pour down stinking pitch, But that the sea, mounting to the welkin's cheek, Dashes the fire out.
Sida 207 - Yet, if I am found guilty this day, they will not construe it, I trust, as the least disrespect offered to their discernment and opinion, if I solemnly declare that my heart will rely with confidence in its own innocence, until that awful period when my spirit shall be about to be separated from my body to take its everlasting flight, and be ushered into the presence of that unerring Judge, before whom all hearts are open and from whom no secrets are hid.
Sida 48 - The bread-tree, which, without the ploughshare, yields 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 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 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 250 - 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 214 - ... the commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland...