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 27
... clear of the Pedro shoals ; which , by the way , was not our proper route : we should have kept between those shoals and the island of Jamaica ; but it was the captain's obstinacy , or fate , not to do so . In the evening we were ...
... clear of the Pedro shoals ; which , by the way , was not our proper route : we should have kept between those shoals and the island of Jamaica ; but it was the captain's obstinacy , or fate , not to do so . In the evening we were ...
Side 47
... clear as crystal . We instantly made towards it , and simultaneously thought of the Israelites in the desert , and we blessed their God and ours ; both of us feeling that the gracious words of his mercy , were literally veri- fied unto ...
... clear as crystal . We instantly made towards it , and simultaneously thought of the Israelites in the desert , and we blessed their God and ours ; both of us feeling that the gracious words of his mercy , were literally veri- fied unto ...
Side 48
... clear little stream among some trees , that grew between it and the lake . As we sat in a sort of ecstatic reverie , the dog barked : I seized one of the guns , which lay by me : Eliza looked earnestly at me , but with full self ...
... clear little stream among some trees , that grew between it and the lake . As we sat in a sort of ecstatic reverie , the dog barked : I seized one of the guns , which lay by me : Eliza looked earnestly at me , but with full self ...
Side 64
... clear that the further end of the cavern was close to the further side of the promontory , at least at this point . We now gazed around us , and saw we were in an extensive natural excavation ; the floor of which was covered by the dung ...
... clear that the further end of the cavern was close to the further side of the promontory , at least at this point . We now gazed around us , and saw we were in an extensive natural excavation ; the floor of which was covered by the dung ...
Side 65
... clear of the shade of trees , for putting in the seeds . On this spot there were reeds , and grasses , and some other slender plants growing ; and , from the late rain and contiguity to the little brook , they were somewhat rank - I ...
... clear of the shade of trees , for putting in the seeds . On this spot there were reeds , and grasses , and some other slender plants growing ; and , from the late rain and contiguity to the little brook , they were somewhat rank - I ...
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