The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs, 15. kötetBrown, Son and Ferguson, 1846 |
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12. oldal
... received some information of the country to the north - east from my in- terpreter , who had been to the source of the Swatrop , and from the chiefs . The true country of the Damaras extends northward and eastward of the Swatrop , and ...
... received some information of the country to the north - east from my in- terpreter , who had been to the source of the Swatrop , and from the chiefs . The true country of the Damaras extends northward and eastward of the Swatrop , and ...
16. oldal
... received them again on board the Agincourt , the squadron being then at anchor off the Buffalo rock in Singapore strait . At daylight on the 25th the squadron wayed and proceeded to theeast , consisting of Agincourt , Vestal , Dædalus ...
... received them again on board the Agincourt , the squadron being then at anchor off the Buffalo rock in Singapore strait . At daylight on the 25th the squadron wayed and proceeded to theeast , consisting of Agincourt , Vestal , Dædalus ...
17. oldal
A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs. received with all the honours , and had a long interview . What passed I know not , but the result was , that the next day , the 7th , a party of 150 marines , the band ...
A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs. received with all the honours , and had a long interview . What passed I know not , but the result was , that the next day , the 7th , a party of 150 marines , the band ...
18. oldal
... received the plan of attack on Seriff Housman , a notorious pirate , harbouring in one of the rivers at the head of the bay . Pursuant to these orders , on the morning of the 18th all the small - arm men and marines moved to the Vixen ...
... received the plan of attack on Seriff Housman , a notorious pirate , harbouring in one of the rivers at the head of the bay . Pursuant to these orders , on the morning of the 18th all the small - arm men and marines moved to the Vixen ...
35. oldal
... received something more than consolation for the loss of those whose lives , by the hard nature of the service , and the faithless element on which they live , separated as it were from eternity by a mere plank , are of necessity of a ...
... received something more than consolation for the loss of those whose lives , by the hard nature of the service , and the faithless element on which they live , separated as it were from eternity by a mere plank , are of necessity of a ...
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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!