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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... pieces in a few minutes ; and if Mrs. Seaward and I chose to go , we must be up in a second , for " look there ! " said he ; crying out at the same time , " another shove , lads , and she's all our own ! " the long boat was launched ...
... pieces in a few minutes ; and if Mrs. Seaward and I chose to go , we must be up in a second , for " look there ! " said he ; crying out at the same time , " another shove , lads , and she's all our own ! " the long boat was launched ...
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... pieces , but the current , which was setting us on that point , also directed us past it to the south- ward ; so that the brig drifted between the reef to the eastward , and the long beach to the westward , down towards the ...
... pieces , but the current , which was setting us on that point , also directed us past it to the south- ward ; so that the brig drifted between the reef to the eastward , and the long beach to the westward , down towards the ...
Side 40
... pieces . How the dog escaped without broken bones , I cannot divine ; but we also had escaped ; and a sparrow falleth not to the ground , without the permission of our heavenly Father . We now felt , and acknowledged our exhaustion ; so ...
... pieces . How the dog escaped without broken bones , I cannot divine ; but we also had escaped ; and a sparrow falleth not to the ground , without the permission of our heavenly Father . We now felt , and acknowledged our exhaustion ; so ...
Side 41
... broken some biscuit in small pieces , with which she fed the re- maining live ones . " We can eat one of the drowned fowls , " observed I ; " it will be a good - dinner for us , and we want it . 1733. SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE . 41.
... broken some biscuit in small pieces , with which she fed the re- maining live ones . " We can eat one of the drowned fowls , " observed I ; " it will be a good - dinner for us , and we want it . 1733. SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE . 41.
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... piece of rock close to its source , and felt as if we never could tire in gazing on it , as it flowed from its stony bed , running in a clear little stream among some trees , that grew between it and the lake . As we sat in a sort of ...
... piece of rock close to its source , and felt as if we never could tire in gazing on it , as it flowed from its stony bed , running in a clear little stream among some trees , that grew between it and the lake . As we sat in a sort of ...
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