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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... house in America will easily com- prehend my meaning . I shall now return to the details of the day on which I began our plank palace , or shed , or tent , or whatever you would like to call it . After having cleared the spot , and laid ...
... house in America will easily com- prehend my meaning . I shall now return to the details of the day on which I began our plank palace , or shed , or tent , or whatever you would like to call it . After having cleared the spot , and laid ...
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... plank house . Before evening closed , I had resumed my seat by her dear side ; and night found us , as usual , grateful and happy . Friday , 4th . - On going upon deck at daylight , I saw a large turtle , apparently asleep , close under ...
... plank house . Before evening closed , I had resumed my seat by her dear side ; and night found us , as usual , grateful and happy . Friday , 4th . - On going upon deck at daylight , I saw a large turtle , apparently asleep , close under ...
Side 83
... plank house , she came occasionally out of the thicket , to tell me all our little colony was safe , and that when she threw corn on the floor of the cave , four or five pigeons flew down , and fed with the poultry . This explained the ...
... plank house , she came occasionally out of the thicket , to tell me all our little colony was safe , and that when she threw corn on the floor of the cave , four or five pigeons flew down , and fed with the poultry . This explained the ...
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... plank house ; and , having before carried all the materials to the spot , was now occupied entirely in its construction . I kept at my task nearly the whole day , with my wife and Fidele beside me ; and , as the promontory threw us into ...
... plank house ; and , having before carried all the materials to the spot , was now occupied entirely in its construction . I kept at my task nearly the whole day , with my wife and Fidele beside me ; and , as the promontory threw us into ...
Side 92
... plank house . I felt myself not a little important , I believe , when the two chairs were placed in the new building . There was a manifest exultation felt by us both at the moment ; gratulatory and smiling , we sat ourselves down for ...
... plank house . I felt myself not a little important , I believe , when the two chairs were placed in the new building . There was a manifest exultation felt by us both at the moment ; gratulatory and smiling , we sat ourselves down for ...
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