The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs, 15. kötetBrown, Son and Ferguson, 1846 |
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... shore to the southward , soundings regular , muddy bottom . On the night of the 10th strong breezes with rain , wind north- east , made nothing during the night . On the 11th passed to the northward of the Heishans , not far from the ...
... shore to the southward , soundings regular , muddy bottom . On the night of the 10th strong breezes with rain , wind north- east , made nothing during the night . On the 11th passed to the northward of the Heishans , not far from the ...
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... shore , and several specimens of very beautiful pebbles have been found opposite the Island on the main , on some flats called by the sailors " The pebble beds . " The only vegetation is a stunted sand plant which grows on the sand ...
... shore , and several specimens of very beautiful pebbles have been found opposite the Island on the main , on some flats called by the sailors " The pebble beds . " The only vegetation is a stunted sand plant which grows on the sand ...
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... shore as the sun was rising ; and we con- tinued our course to the southward , passing , as the day before , many wrecks lying on the beach , and the same monotonous line of sandy plains and hills on our left . Fourteen miles from ...
... shore as the sun was rising ; and we con- tinued our course to the southward , passing , as the day before , many wrecks lying on the beach , and the same monotonous line of sandy plains and hills on our left . Fourteen miles from ...
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... shores , where - worthy denizens of such a waste - some wretched bushmen re- sort , seeking a subsistence on any offal cast on shore by the sea . Where- ever water is to be procured , two or three families reside , living on beetles ...
... shores , where - worthy denizens of such a waste - some wretched bushmen re- sort , seeking a subsistence on any offal cast on shore by the sea . Where- ever water is to be procured , two or three families reside , living on beetles ...
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... shore , without the relief of the slightest verdure , and seaward nothing but huge rolling waves breaking into clouds of spray , - the whole forms a picture of dismal scenery , perhaps , unequalled in any other part of the globe . Many ...
... shore , without the relief of the slightest verdure , and seaward nothing but huge rolling waves breaking into clouds of spray , - the whole forms a picture of dismal scenery , perhaps , unequalled in any other part of the globe . Many ...
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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!