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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... 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 ...
Side 46
... 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 the isth- 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 the isth- mus ? " — " Yes ...
Side 52
... breakfast , so conge- nial 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 conge- nial 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 ...
Side 61
... 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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