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 28
... appeared to know what he was talking about , and I , for one , believed him ; but the captain laughed at him , after his choler had subsided . I then thought it quite time to insist on the dead lights being put in , to secure the cabin ...
... appeared to know what he was talking about , and I , for one , believed him ; but the captain laughed at him , after his choler had subsided . I then thought it quite time to insist on the dead lights being put in , to secure the cabin ...
Side 47
... appeared before us , and had the inexpressible de- light to see at no great distance a spring of water , gushing forth in an ample stream clear as crystal . We instantly made towards it , and simultaneously thought of the Israelites in ...
... appeared before us , and had the inexpressible de- light to see at no great distance a spring of water , gushing forth in an ample stream clear as crystal . We instantly made towards it , and simultaneously thought of the Israelites in ...
Side 50
... appeared to me , that , as the vessel had taken the ground fore and aft where she lay , there was no hazard of her sinking from any leak in the bottom ; but , nevertheless , if the water were not pumped out , it would continue to rise ...
... appeared to me , that , as the vessel had taken the ground fore and aft where she lay , there was no hazard of her sinking from any leak in the bottom ; but , nevertheless , if the water were not pumped out , it would continue to rise ...
Side 51
... appeared , enjoying the cool stillness of the air , and the varied prospect that surrounded us : we then retired to our devotions and to bed . I arose with the dawn , and performed my task at the pump . I would gladly have bathed in the ...
... appeared , enjoying the cool stillness of the air , and the varied prospect that surrounded us : we then retired to our devotions and to bed . I arose with the dawn , and performed my task at the pump . I would gladly have bathed in the ...
Side 59
... appeared unusually high between them and the eastern beach . We now proposed to direct our steps to that place , and proceeded for some distance under shadow of the promontory , during which it was very pleasant ; but after we emerged ...
... appeared unusually high between them and the eastern beach . We now proposed to direct our steps to that place , and proceeded for some distance under shadow of the promontory , during which it was very pleasant ; but after we emerged ...
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