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, 1831 |
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Side 237
... Xavier , though pronounced in a manner that produced a ridiculous meaning to our English ears . Our mirth awakened Xavier , who seemed quite happy when Diego explained to him the part he had borne in the jocular affair ; however , he ...
... Xavier , though pronounced in a manner that produced a ridiculous meaning to our English ears . Our mirth awakened Xavier , who seemed quite happy when Diego explained to him the part he had borne in the jocular affair ; however , he ...
Side 246
... Xavier , with a grin of sudden joy , touched his own hands , and then the timber , and quickly drawing aside a plank , began a sort of pantomime , by which I as promptly understood that he was a carpenter - a discovery that pleased me ...
... Xavier , with a grin of sudden joy , touched his own hands , and then the timber , and quickly drawing aside a plank , began a sort of pantomime , by which I as promptly understood that he was a carpenter - a discovery that pleased me ...
Side 247
... Xavier to the ship , to help himself to a saw , an axe , and an adze , and such other things as he might require . He was highly amused with the construction of the plank house , which I showed him in our way ; and he viewed it over and ...
... Xavier to the ship , to help himself to a saw , an axe , and an adze , and such other things as he might require . He was highly amused with the construction of the plank house , which I showed him in our way ; and he viewed it over and ...
Side 248
... Xavier's work in completing the huts , I brought some pieces of torn sails on shore , of which there was an abun- dance . On rejoining Eliza after this my task , I found dinner on the table , and Rota departing with our largest basket ...
... Xavier's work in completing the huts , I brought some pieces of torn sails on shore , of which there was an abun- dance . On rejoining Eliza after this my task , I found dinner on the table , and Rota departing with our largest basket ...
Side 249
... Xavier understand , that the canvass was to be nailed to the sides of his struc- tures , instead of boards ; and also , for the present , to be used as a covering to the roofs . He had not been idle during my absence , having excavated ...
... Xavier understand , that the canvass was to be nailed to the sides of his struc- tures , instead of boards ; and also , for the present , to be used as a covering to the roofs . He had not been idle during my absence , having excavated ...
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