Sir Edward Seward's Narrative of His Shipwreck: And Consequent Discovery of Certain Islands in the Caribbean Sea: with a Detail of Many Extraordinary and Highly Interesting Events in His Life, from the Year 1733 to 1749, as Written in His Own Diary, Bind 1Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1832 |
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... breakfast : the old gen- tleman was happy to see me , talked over the busi- ness at Honduras , told me the brig was getting ready , that we were to touch at Jamaica , land some of the cargo there , and take in lumber , with some other ...
... breakfast : the old gen- tleman was happy to see me , talked over the busi- ness at Honduras , told me the brig was getting ready , that we were to touch at Jamaica , land some of the cargo there , and take in lumber , with some other ...
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... breakfast ; and , still finding water in the tea - kettle , we drank some of it , mixed with a little wine . “ Now , my Eliza , ” said I , “ will you venture on shore , and let us explore the other side of thei sth- mus ? " — " Yes ...
... breakfast ; and , still finding water in the tea - kettle , we drank some of it , mixed with a little wine . “ Now , my Eliza , ” said I , “ will you venture on shore , and let us explore the other side of thei sth- mus ? " — " Yes ...
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... breakfast , so con- genial to our former habits . It had been determined that one of our first ob- jects should be to get some of the seeds of our fruits , and some of the roots , as our yams and coccos , into the ground , the late ...
... breakfast , so con- genial to our former habits . It had been determined that one of our first ob- jects should be to get some of the seeds of our fruits , and some of the roots , as our yams and coccos , into the ground , the late ...
Side 57
... breakfast determined to show our respect to the day by dressing ourselves in better attire . The trunks were opened , and my beloved wife dressed herself as she would have done at Awbury on a Sunday ; and I followed her ex- ample : we ...
... breakfast determined to show our respect to the day by dressing ourselves in better attire . The trunks were opened , and my beloved wife dressed herself as she would have done at Awbury on a Sunday ; and I followed her ex- ample : we ...
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... breakfast ; after which I thought it right to cover up the main - hatchway loosely , not requiring to work any more at the cargo for the present . I had cleared away all the lumber amid - ships , but there was still a good deal more ...
... breakfast ; after which I thought it right to cover up the main - hatchway loosely , not requiring to work any more at the cargo for the present . I had cleared away all the lumber amid - ships , but there was still a good deal more ...
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Side 57 - Blessed be the Lord God ; even the Lord God, who only doeth wondrous things ; And blessed be the name of his Majesty for ever ; and let every one of us say, Amen, Amen.
Side iii - SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE OF HIS SHIPWRECK, and consequent Discovery of certain Islands in the Caribbean Sea: with a detail of many extraordinary and highly interesting Events in his Life, from 1733 to 1749. as written in his own Diary. Edited by Miss JANE PORTER.
Side 57 - The waters of the sea had well-nigh covered us : the proud waters had well-nigh gone over our soul. The sea roared : and the stormy wind lifted up the waves thereof. We were carried up as it were to heaven, and then down again into the deep : our soul melted within us, because of trouble ; Then cried we unto thee, O Lord : and thou didst deliver us out of our distress. Blessed be thy Name, who didst not despise the prayer of thy sen-ants : but didst hear our cry, and hast saved us. Thou didst send...
Side 48 - ... rivers of water in a dry place, and the shadow of a great rock in a weary land...
Side 29 - I feel that we are safe, notwithstanding this dreadful hurricane : but," added she, pressing my hand and moving it to her lips, " if we should be drowned, we shall die together and we shall not be separated : we shall meet, where where we can part no more." Her feelings now overpowered her, and she fell on my neck and wept. I kissed away the tears from her eyes, saying, " We will trust in the Almighty.
Side 156 - The vision that night appeared to the hermit, as promised, and thus addressed him : " You are now no longer weary of life, but happy. Know then, that man was made for labor ; and prayer also is his duty : the one as well as the other is essential to his well-being. Arise in the morning, take the cord, and with it gird up thy loins, and go forth into the world; and let it be a. memorial to thee, of what God expects from man, if he would be blessed with happiness on earth.
Side 33 - ... over, nearly on her beam ends. I now again thought it right to reach the deck, and as the ladder had been lashed to its situation, it was not displaced, notwithstanding all the shocks the vessel had sustained. On ascending the ladder, I pushed open the lee half of the companion door, when a gleam of joy rushed upon me, on perceiving that the day had dawned, and that the water to leeward was quite smooth. The brig now...
Side 32 - and if we die, we die together!" " It is done,"' I replied, " we will not stir." " Then tell them so," cried she, hastily ; " and if you can lay your hand on the bread-bag in your way, it may be useful to them, if they survive this hour.
Side v - ... travel in distant lands. Thus impressed, I ventured to recommend the publication of Sir Edward Seaward's Diary to its owner. He smiled, and objected, saying, "He should expect the spirit of the worthy knight would haunt him to his dying day, did he make such an exposition of family history, and of the unpretending abilities, as an author, of the journalist himself, who had evidently penned it for no other eyes than those of his kindred.
Side 31 - We are indeed lost !" said my wife, as she recovered a little from the fall she had just received. I did not now wait to console her by my words : I renewed my efforts to force the companion door, and get upon deck; but it was perfect darkness where we were, and I could not find anything to add to my own ineffectual strength, nor could I make any one on deck attend to me ; they could not hear me for the noise made by the howling of the wind and the breaking of the sea: yet I sometimes heard them,...