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 xi
... - ― ceed apprehension of savages they venture from the vessel discover a fountain of water --- - - an alarm preservation of the surviving live stock , & c . they had brought from Jamaica 39 CHAP . IV . Their first Sabbath on the island.
... - ― ceed apprehension of savages they venture from the vessel discover a fountain of water --- - - an alarm preservation of the surviving live stock , & c . they had brought from Jamaica 39 CHAP . IV . Their first Sabbath on the island.
Side xii
... vessel . Their exultation on seating themselves in their wooden palace on shore . He occupies himself in providing for the future . A sudden tempest - their conduct - - on the awful occasion . ― ― - - A return of boisterous weather ...
... vessel . Their exultation on seating themselves in their wooden palace on shore . He occupies himself in providing for the future . A sudden tempest - their conduct - - on the awful occasion . ― ― - - A return of boisterous weather ...
Side xv
... vessel to sail on the Sabbath day . - Certificates of freedom given to the persons left behind . - A marriage solemnised - some clerical scruples . -— Embarks his treasure . He and his wife part kindly from the people . He notes the ...
... vessel to sail on the Sabbath day . - Certificates of freedom given to the persons left behind . - A marriage solemnised - some clerical scruples . -— Embarks his treasure . He and his wife part kindly from the people . He notes the ...
Side 2
... vessels as super- cargo . I was delighted with the proposal ; to which my dear father made no objection , as he might hope soon to see me again . In a few days I took leave of our friends at the parsonage , and of my own family . At ...
... vessels as super- cargo . I was delighted with the proposal ; to which my dear father made no objection , as he might hope soon to see me again . In a few days I took leave of our friends at the parsonage , and of my own family . At ...
Side 3
... vessel , and therefore threw many obstacles in the way of my disposing of the cargo , and of purchasing tobaccos to advantage ; but , owing to the friendship of a Scotch merchant , of whom our correspondent in consequence became jealous ...
... vessel , and therefore threw many obstacles in the way of my disposing of the cargo , and of purchasing tobaccos to advantage ; but , owing to the friendship of a Scotch merchant , of whom our correspondent in consequence became jealous ...
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