The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs, 15. kötetBrown, Son and Ferguson, 1846 |
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... seen by John Walker , Captain of the Will o'the Wisp . Although a strong breeze and a heavy sea we could see nothing like broken water in the position assigned . Štood close into Cape Montague ( 8 fathoms ) during the night , fresh ...
... seen by John Walker , Captain of the Will o'the Wisp . Although a strong breeze and a heavy sea we could see nothing like broken water in the position assigned . Štood close into Cape Montague ( 8 fathoms ) during the night , fresh ...
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... seen , and she was in the act of getting under way . A dense mist almost hid the coast from my view , and might also have concealed any vessel lying off the land . The vessel in sight was so distant that all attempts to attract her ...
... seen , and she was in the act of getting under way . A dense mist almost hid the coast from my view , and might also have concealed any vessel lying off the land . The vessel in sight was so distant that all attempts to attract her ...
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... seen three or four laid down . Imagining that water was to be procured here in the river , was the cause of my not providing myself with a larger supply ; and the consequence was that we nearly perished . Angra Pequeña was first ...
... seen three or four laid down . Imagining that water was to be procured here in the river , was the cause of my not providing myself with a larger supply ; and the consequence was that we nearly perished . Angra Pequeña was first ...
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... seen some slaves , who were brought from a large lake or river , who were cop- per - coloured , with long , straight hair . The Damaras of the north - east also wear ornaments of gold , which I have myself seen . Their country abounds ...
... seen some slaves , who were brought from a large lake or river , who were cop- per - coloured , with long , straight hair . The Damaras of the north - east also wear ornaments of gold , which I have myself seen . Their country abounds ...
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... seen here is most ex- traordinary . Some jaw - bones of whales , which are sticking upright in the sand , marking the spot where some sailors were buried many years ago , who were killed by the natives , appear like masts of ships . The ...
... seen here is most ex- traordinary . Some jaw - bones of whales , which are sticking upright in the sand , marking the spot where some sailors were buried many years ago , who were killed by the natives , appear like masts of ships . The ...
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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!