The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs, 15. kötetBrown, Son and Ferguson, 1846 |
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22. oldal
... crew , to try to get into less ice ; there- fore we stood to the N.E. much against our wishes . On the 14th , in working to the eastward , the main - yard was carried away , the yard being a very bad spar . This was soon remedied , and ...
... crew , to try to get into less ice ; there- fore we stood to the N.E. much against our wishes . On the 14th , in working to the eastward , the main - yard was carried away , the yard being a very bad spar . This was soon remedied , and ...
37. oldal
... crews of ten life boats , amounting to about 180 men , assembled at their rendezvous with a degree of order , regularity , punctuality , and attention , which could not have been surpassed by a body of the best disciplined men . It was ...
... crews of ten life boats , amounting to about 180 men , assembled at their rendezvous with a degree of order , regularity , punctuality , and attention , which could not have been surpassed by a body of the best disciplined men . It was ...
38. oldal
... crews , which were re - echoed by the multitudes on the beach . These fine boats were then rounded to , close inshore , and brought to anchor , and the crews repaired to change their wet clothing . During the animated trial of these ...
... crews , which were re - echoed by the multitudes on the beach . These fine boats were then rounded to , close inshore , and brought to anchor , and the crews repaired to change their wet clothing . During the animated trial of these ...
39. oldal
... crew were capable of righting her in smooth water , they would still more easily do so when the sea was in a state of agitation . The first attempt was made with the Yarmouth boat , which having been swung athwart the tide astern of the ...
... crew were capable of righting her in smooth water , they would still more easily do so when the sea was in a state of agitation . The first attempt was made with the Yarmouth boat , which having been swung athwart the tide astern of the ...
47. oldal
... crew , and passengers of the schooner Sam , who were not so fortunate as ourselves . Perhaps you will ere this have heard of the total wreck of her , on Saturday night , the 12th , on a rock supposed to be somewhere near the Three Chim ...
... crew , and passengers of the schooner Sam , who were not so fortunate as ourselves . Perhaps you will ere this have heard of the total wreck of her , on Saturday night , the 12th , on a rock supposed to be somewhere near the Three Chim ...
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131. oldal - For honour travels in a strait so narrow, Where one but goes abreast: keep then the path; For emulation hath a thousand sons, That one by one pursue: If you give way, Or hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost...
124. oldal - Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, And he bringeth them out of their distresses.
64. oldal - Though thy clime Be fickle, and thy year most part deformed, With dripping rains, or withered by a frost, I would not yet exchange thy sullen skies, And fields without a flower, for warmer France With all her vines ; nor for Ausonia's groves Of golden fruitage, and her myrtle bowers.
378. oldal - Pleas, calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside...
365. oldal - Thus I spoke; and speaking sigh'd; — Scarce repress'd the starting tear; — When the smiling sage reply'd — — Come, my lad, and drink some beer.
124. oldal - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths : their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
600. oldal - Sir, — I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that...
240. oldal - ... passage across the Atlantic; who so pathetically relate the privations and hardships of the sea, where, after a day of breakfasting, lunching, dining off five courses, chatting, playing whist, and drinking...
241. oldal - The Marquesas! What strange visions of outlandish things does the very name spirit up! Naked houris — cannibal banquets — groves of cocoa-nut — coral reefs — tatooed chiefs— and bamboo temples; sunny valleys planted with bread-fruit- trees — carved canoes dancing on the flashing blue waters — savage woodlands guarded by horrible idols — heathenish rites and human sacrifices.
240. oldal - SIX MONTHS AT SEA ! Yes, reader, as I live, six months out of sight of land; cruising after the sperm-whale beneath the scorching sun of the Line, and tossed on the billows of the wide-rolling Pacific — the sky above, the sea around, and nothing else!