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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... enjoying the bright sunshine of my prosperity , under the patronage of my uncle . A cloud now hung over me , which I expected to burst with a thunder - storm , the minute my aunt quitted the room . But my uncle was a wag in his way he ...
... enjoying the bright sunshine of my prosperity , under the patronage of my uncle . A cloud now hung over me , which I expected to burst with a thunder - storm , the minute my aunt quitted the room . But my uncle was a wag in his way he ...
Side 49
... reserving two or three quarts of water for other purposes , ) then roasted a couple of plantains , and in half an hour we sat VOL . I. E down to the most comfortable repast I ever enjoyed . 1733. SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE . 49.
... reserving two or three quarts of water for other purposes , ) then roasted a couple of plantains , and in half an hour we sat VOL . I. E down to the most comfortable repast I ever enjoyed . 1733. SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE . 49.
Side 50
... enjoyed . We were thankful to the Author of all bounty ; which sense of gratitude to him is not the least of his best gifts . During my absence at the fire , Eliza had not neglected to dispense some of the water I had re- served ...
... enjoyed . We were thankful to the Author of all bounty ; which sense of gratitude to him is not the least of his best gifts . During my absence at the fire , Eliza had not neglected to dispense some of the water I had re- served ...
Side 51
... enjoying the cool stillness of the air , and the varied prospect that surrounded us : we then retired to our devotions and to bed . I arose with the dawn , and performed my task at the pump . I would gladly have bathed in the sea after ...
... enjoying the cool stillness of the air , and the varied prospect that surrounded us : we then retired to our devotions and to bed . I arose with the dawn , and performed my task at the pump . I would gladly have bathed in the sea after ...
Side 58
... enjoyed ; being separated from all the gaieties of life , but having for our portion God and ourselves . It being the winter solstice , or a few days after , and the sea - breeze blowing fresh , we did not find it unpleasantly hot upon ...
... enjoyed ; being separated from all the gaieties of life , but having for our portion God and ourselves . It being the winter solstice , or a few days after , and the sea - breeze blowing fresh , we did not find it unpleasantly hot upon ...
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