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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... . We arrived in the Chesapeak Bay on the 2d of June , which was considered a good passage , and on the following day proceeded up the river to Baltimore . On my arrival , our correspondent was civil 2 SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE .
... . We arrived in the Chesapeak Bay on the 2d of June , which was considered a good passage , and on the following day proceeded up the river to Baltimore . On my arrival , our correspondent was civil 2 SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE .
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... proceeded jocundly ; but a long continuance of contrary wind , with rain soon after , as emblematic of human life , altered our condition and our feelings . Eliza was very sick , and the captain was in bad humour ; so that we were far ...
... proceeded jocundly ; but a long continuance of contrary wind , with rain soon after , as emblematic of human life , altered our condition and our feelings . Eliza was very sick , and the captain was in bad humour ; so that we were far ...
Side 47
... proceeded to cross the isthmus , close under the precipitous promontory ; when , after walking about two hundred yards , or rather more , I observed a chasm , or falling back of the rock , in the recess of which our eyes were delighted ...
... proceeded to cross the isthmus , close under the precipitous promontory ; when , after walking about two hundred yards , or rather more , I observed a chasm , or falling back of the rock , in the recess of which our eyes were delighted ...
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... proceeded to act upon the decisions we made . It appeared to me , that , as the vessel had taken the ground fore and aft where she lay , there was no hazard of her sinking from any leak in the bottom ; but , nevertheless , if the water ...
... proceeded to act upon the decisions we made . It appeared to me , that , as the vessel had taken the ground fore and aft where she lay , there was no hazard of her sinking from any leak in the bottom ; but , nevertheless , if the water ...
Side 59
... proceeded for some distance under shadow of the promontory , during which it was very pleasant ; but after we emerged from that friendly shield , the heat became intense , which , adding to the disagreeableness of the deep loose sand ...
... proceeded for some distance under shadow of the promontory , during which it was very pleasant ; but after we emerged from that friendly shield , the heat became intense , which , adding to the disagreeableness of the deep loose sand ...
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