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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... wife out into the country , where we were agreeably en- tertained by the hospitality of our friend , and the novelty of all we saw . I returned with him in the morning to Kingston , to business , leaving my dear wife at the penn ; and ...
... wife out into the country , where we were agreeably en- tertained by the hospitality of our friend , and the novelty of all we saw . I returned with him in the morning to Kingston , to business , leaving my dear wife at the penn ; and ...
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... dear wife had gone below into the 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 ...
... dear wife had gone below into the 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 ...
Side 32
... dear wife , I urged her instantly to accompany me to the deck , telling her our situa- tion . " No ! " said she , " I will not stir , and you will not stir ; they must all perish ; a boat cannot endure this storm . Let us trust in God ...
... dear wife , I urged her instantly to accompany me to the deck , telling her our situa- tion . " No ! " said she , " I will not stir , and you will not stir ; they must all perish ; a boat cannot endure this storm . Let us trust in God ...
Side 33
... dear wife , into the dark 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 ...
... dear wife , into the dark 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 ...
Side 36
... dear wife ; " we shall go quietly on the sand . " The brig continued to drift in upon a point of rock , close to which we saw a little rivulet . On this rock I expected to be dashed in pieces , but the current , which was setting us on ...
... dear wife ; " we shall go quietly on the sand . " The brig continued to drift in upon a point of rock , close to which we saw a little rivulet . On this rock I expected to be dashed in pieces , but the current , which was setting us on ...
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