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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... goats . A contrivance to get at the cocoa - nuts without cutting down the trees . Eliza tries to make a basket . A project sine die . -An apologue , illustrative of the necessity of em- ployment to the maintenance of happiness . He ...
... goats . A contrivance to get at the cocoa - nuts without cutting down the trees . Eliza tries to make a basket . A project sine die . -An apologue , illustrative of the necessity of em- ployment to the maintenance of happiness . He ...
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... goats ; and as many fowls and ducks , and Guinea - fowl , as the coops would hold , for stock on our arrival at St. George's Key ; the probability being that I should find " a plentiful scarcity , 1733. SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE . 25.
... goats ; and as many fowls and ducks , and Guinea - fowl , as the coops would hold , for stock on our arrival at St. George's Key ; the probability being that I should find " a plentiful scarcity , 1733. SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE . 25.
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... goats with kid , a dozen fowls , as many Muscovy - ducks , and half a dozen Guinea - fowl , a great quantity of yams and plantains , and coccos ( a sort of potatoe ) , some shaddocks , and oranges , and limes , and a few pumpkins , and ...
... goats with kid , a dozen fowls , as many Muscovy - ducks , and half a dozen Guinea - fowl , a great quantity of yams and plantains , and coccos ( a sort of potatoe ) , some shaddocks , and oranges , and limes , and a few pumpkins , and ...
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... goats , which , in the bustle and con- fusion , had probably attempted to take refuge in the companion , or some one had thrown them there purposely out of the way , as the door was imme- diately closed down after them , to keep the sea ...
... goats , which , in the bustle and con- fusion , had probably attempted to take refuge in the companion , or some one had thrown them there purposely out of the way , as the door was imme- diately closed down after them , to keep the sea ...
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... goats , huddled together behind a hammock some one had stowed away in that place the preceding day . I brought the bag along with me joyfully , and we began to eat of it with thankfulness ; taking a little sup of the wine now and then ...
... goats , huddled together behind a hammock some one had stowed away in that place the preceding day . I brought the bag along with me joyfully , and we began to eat of it with thankfulness ; taking a little sup of the wine now and then ...
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