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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... door of his house . A crape on his hat arrested my attention . I cast my subdued eye , heart - struck , on it , then , looking at him earnestly , said , " Have I lost my father ? " Without answer- ing , he turned and went into the house ...
... door of his house . A crape on his hat arrested my attention . I cast my subdued eye , heart - struck , on it , then , looking at him earnestly , said , " Have I lost my father ? " Without answer- ing , he turned and went into the house ...
Side 20
... with many adieus from the windows , we set forward ; and , after a pleasing journey of a few hours , arrived at the door of my uncle . Next day we went soberly and diligently to work , 20 SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE . ост .
... with many adieus from the windows , we set forward ; and , after a pleasing journey of a few hours , arrived at the door of my uncle . Next day we went soberly and diligently to work , 20 SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE . ост .
Side 29
... door was imme- diately closed down after them , to keep the sea from rolling from the deck into the steerage - passage and cabin . This circumstance , which at the time did not appear worthy of much notice , was nevertheless important ...
... door was imme- diately closed down after them , to keep the sea from rolling from the deck into the steerage - passage and cabin . This circumstance , which at the time did not appear worthy of much notice , was nevertheless important ...
Side 30
... door would not move , and the sea was dashing over the quarter deck . I , however , got the people there to open one of the side doors a little , and I peeped out . The wind howled hor- ribly , and the sea was all in a foam the brig was ...
... door would not move , and the sea was dashing over the quarter deck . I , however , got the people there to open one of the side doors a little , and I peeped out . The wind howled hor- ribly , and the sea was all in a foam the brig was ...
Side 31
... door , and get upon deck ; but it was perfect darkness where we were , and I could not find any thing to add to my own ineffectual strength , nor could I make any one on deck attend to me ; they could not hear me for the noise made by ...
... door , and get upon deck ; but it was perfect darkness where we were , and I could not find any thing to add to my own ineffectual strength , nor could I make any one on deck attend to me ; they could not hear me for the noise made by ...
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