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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Side vii
... spring of 1749. And there is a note or memoran- dum concerning the mournful event , as I mentioned before , appended to the first book of the Diary , of which the following is a copy : - " I feel her loss so deeply , that nothing less ...
... spring of 1749. And there is a note or memoran- dum concerning the mournful event , as I mentioned before , appended to the first book of the Diary , of which the following is a copy : - " I feel her loss so deeply , that nothing less ...
Side 43
... spring . She did not like me to go out of her sight , fearing I should be surprised by savages , who might be some- where about , although we had not seen any . This idea had never yet crossed my mind ; but now it was suggested , I ...
... spring . She did not like me to go out of her sight , fearing I should be surprised by savages , who might be some- where about , although we had not seen any . This idea had never yet crossed my mind ; but now it was suggested , I ...
Side 47
... spring of water , gushing forth in an ample stream clear as crystal . We instantly made towards it , and simultaneously thought of the Israelites in the desert , and we blessed their God and ours ; both of us feeling that the gracious ...
... spring of water , gushing forth in an ample stream clear as crystal . We instantly made towards it , and simultaneously thought of the Israelites in the desert , and we blessed their God and ours ; both of us feeling that the gracious ...
Side 62
... spring of water . When we had advanced a couple of hundred yards under the precipitous rock , we came to that part which receded ; in the recess of which , some thorny acacias , and some other trees , were grow- ing . As we stopped to ...
... spring of water . When we had advanced a couple of hundred yards under the precipitous rock , we came to that part which receded ; in the recess of which , some thorny acacias , and some other trees , were grow- ing . As we stopped to ...
Side 64
... spring , and crossed over its little run of water , by stepping on some small fragments of rock in its bed , without even wetting our shoes . The ground was clear of wood for a few yards , but beyond were large trees , free from ...
... spring , and crossed over its little run of water , by stepping on some small fragments of rock in its bed , without even wetting our shoes . The ground was clear of wood for a few yards , but beyond were large trees , free from ...
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