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 MutineersJ. & J. Harper, 1832 - 303 sidor |
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... commander , " being much pressed , were obliged to fire , by which one of the assailants was killed , and another much wounded . " This unlucky rencounter did not , however , prevent , as soon as the ship was moored , a great number of ...
... commander , " being much pressed , were obliged to fire , by which one of the assailants was killed , and another much wounded . " This unlucky rencounter did not , however , prevent , as soon as the ship was moored , a great number of ...
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... command a stout , strong - boned cavaliere servente ; added to which , a theft rather of an amusing nature contrib- uted for a time to create a coolness , and somewhat to disturb the good understanding that had subsisted between them ...
... command a stout , strong - boned cavaliere servente ; added to which , a theft rather of an amusing nature contrib- uted for a time to create a coolness , and somewhat to disturb the good understanding that had subsisted between them ...
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... command her . Her burden was about two hundred and fifteen tons ; and her estab- lishment consisted of one lieutenant , who was com- manding officer , one master , three warrant officers , one surgeon , two master's mates , two ...
... command her . Her burden was about two hundred and fifteen tons ; and her estab- lishment consisted of one lieutenant , who was com- manding officer , one master , three warrant officers , one surgeon , two master's mates , two ...
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... commander to make his officers and men com- fortable and happy . He was himself a thorough- bred sailor , and availed himself of every possible means of preserving the health of his crew . Con- tinued rain and a close atmosphere had ...
... commander to make his officers and men com- fortable and happy . He was himself a thorough- bred sailor , and availed himself of every possible means of preserving the health of his crew . Con- tinued rain and a close atmosphere had ...
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... commander great concern . The wind had blown fresh in the night , and at daylight it was discovered that the cable by which the ship rode had been cut near the water's edge in such a manner that only one strand remained whole . While ...
... commander great concern . The wind had blown fresh in the night , and at daylight it was discovered that the cable by which the ship rode had been cut near the water's edge in such a manner that only one strand remained whole . While ...
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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...