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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... felt no disposition to hurry him ; my thoughts took an opposite direc- tion to that which occupied them when on my way to revisit those from whom I was now receding . I had my hopes and fears as to the future . The past was for the time ...
... felt no disposition to hurry him ; my thoughts took an opposite direc- tion to that which occupied them when on my way to revisit those from whom I was now receding . I had my hopes and fears as to the future . The past was for the time ...
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... felt the influence of his peace , and were resigned to his will . Our situation was awful ; in all human proba- bility , within one short hour we should be engulphed by an overwhelming sea . With arms folded round each other , we sat ...
... felt the influence of his peace , and were resigned to his will . Our situation was awful ; in all human proba- bility , within one short hour we should be engulphed by an overwhelming sea . With arms folded round each other , we sat ...
Side 35
... felt an honest anxiety for the lives of our captain and his crew , yet we de- pended on them as a means , and , indeed , the only probable means , of our own escape from this unknown shore . In these contemplations , and sus- pense , we ...
... felt an honest anxiety for the lives of our captain and his crew , yet we de- pended on them as a means , and , indeed , the only probable means , of our own escape from this unknown shore . In these contemplations , and sus- pense , we ...
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... felt security in my look , and she thanked and blessed God for his goodness . The sea - breeze blew more freshly , but we hung by the fore - foot on the edge of the reef , which no doubt was higher than astern . At length the brig broke ...
... felt security in my look , and she thanked and blessed God for his goodness . The sea - breeze blew more freshly , but we hung by the fore - foot on the edge of the reef , which no doubt was higher than astern . At length the brig broke ...
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... felt ourselves under God's pro- tection , and were at ease . " Poor Fidele ! " suddenly exclaimed my wife , " it is only now that I remember thee ! I will go down into the cabin , and see what has become of my faithful little dog ...
... felt ourselves under God's pro- tection , and were at ease . " Poor Fidele ! " suddenly exclaimed my wife , " it is only now that I remember thee ! I will go down into the cabin , and see what has become of my faithful little dog ...
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