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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... continued his laughing fit . He was then able to resume : " That's it , Ned , eh ? but where is the wife to be had at so short a notice ? We can't give an order for her- Bale , No. 1 , marked E. S. , Ned , eh ? " He then took another ...
... continued his laughing fit . He was then able to resume : " That's it , Ned , eh ? but where is the wife to be had at so short a notice ? We can't give an order for her- Bale , No. 1 , marked E. S. , Ned , eh ? " He then took another ...
Side 30
... continued to be driven by the storm for eight or ten hours , I cannot tell in what direction ; but about two or three o'clock in the morning they called out , " Breakers , breakers ! land ! breakers ! " I was below with my wife in the ...
... continued to be driven by the storm for eight or ten hours , I cannot tell in what direction ; but about two or three o'clock in the morning they called out , " Breakers , breakers ! land ! breakers ! " I was below with my wife in the ...
Side 32
... continued she , " and if we die , we die together . " - " It is done , ” I replied , " we will not stir . ” " Then tell them so , " cried she hastily ; " and if you can lay your hand on the bread - bag in your way , it may be useful to ...
... continued she , " and if we die , we die together . " - " It is done , ” I replied , " we will not stir . ” " Then tell them so , " cried she hastily ; " and if you can lay your hand on the bread - bag in your way , it may be useful to ...
Side 33
... continued to lay over , nearly on her beam ends . I now again thought it right to reach the deck , and as the ladder had been lashed to its situation , it was not displaced , notwith- standing all the shocks the vessel had sustained ...
... continued to lay over , nearly on her beam ends . I now again thought it right to reach the deck , and as the ladder had been lashed to its situation , it was not displaced , notwith- standing all the shocks the vessel had sustained ...
Side 35
... continued for some hours ; during which time I fortunately thought I would try the pumps : the brake of the starboard pump had been shipped , but its bolt was twisted by some violence , so that it would not work : I could not find the ...
... continued for some hours ; during which time I fortunately thought I would try the pumps : the brake of the starboard pump had been shipped , but its bolt was twisted by some violence , so that it would not work : I could not find the ...
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