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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... cabin and state rooms , as safely as possible . Towards evening the weather became still more unsettled ; sometimes perfectly calm , yet the sea much agitated ; sometimes blowing a fine steady breeze from the eastward , which in- duced ...
... cabin and state rooms , as safely as possible . Towards evening the weather became still more unsettled ; sometimes perfectly calm , yet the sea much agitated ; sometimes blowing a fine steady breeze from the eastward , which in- duced ...
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... cabin , a little before the storm came on ; she had been induced to descend by the awful blackness that totally overspread the sky , which until then had been cheeringly bright in some one quarter or other ; and although I did not ...
... cabin , a little before the storm came on ; she had been induced to descend by the awful blackness that totally overspread the sky , which until then had been cheeringly bright in some one quarter or other ; and although I did not ...
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... cabin floor . The poor dog , our faithful Fidele , howled mournfully as he was driven to the further end of the cabin : this , at such a moment , had a powerful effect on us . " We are indeed lost ! " said my wife , as she recovered a ...
... cabin floor . The poor dog , our faithful Fidele , howled mournfully as he was driven to the further end of the cabin : this , at such a moment , had a powerful effect on us . " We are indeed lost ! " said my wife , as she recovered a ...
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... . My ever kind wife hastened to my assistance , but was herself thrown to the other side of the cabin . I was not hurt , so that in a little time I reached the place where she lay , and we crawled 32 DEC . SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE .
... . My ever kind wife hastened to my assistance , but was herself thrown to the other side of the cabin . I was not hurt , so that in a little time I reached the place where she lay , and we crawled 32 DEC . SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE .
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... cabin , exclaiming , " Come to me , my love ; come on deck ; it is daylight ! " Without a word , she made her way to me , and ascended the ladder . On emerging from darkness into light , her feelings overcame her , and she poured forth ...
... cabin , exclaiming , " Come to me , my love ; come on deck ; it is daylight ! " Without a word , she made her way to me , and ascended the ladder . On emerging from darkness into light , her feelings overcame her , and she poured forth ...
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