Tales of a Voyager to the Arctic Ocean: 1st and 2d Series ...Henry Colburn, 1826 |
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66 My grandfather adventure alarm amusement ancient animal appeared arch arctic ocean assault astonished astrology banditti bargello became began beheld beneath blind shark blow blubber boat cabin called Campagna captain catacomb cause columbarii companions concealed continued crew cried crow's nest dark deck demon discovered doubt endeavouring English estrapade eyes fancied father fear feel fellow felt fire fish flinching formed fortunate ship Goth Greenland Greenland seas hands harpoon head heard imagined kittiwakes labour lady Leviathan look magic mammæ manner ment Miss G mollymawking Neptune never occasion outlaw party passed perceived pickaxe pieces possessed recollected replied robbers Rome rope round sailors sails scarcely scene scite seemed Shafton Shetland shew ship shouts side skeletons skull spirit Spitzbergen suppose surface swearing tail taken thing tion tombs torch treasure vault vessel voyage whale whalefish William wood young Roman
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第 58 頁 - I shall not attempt to describe the multitudinous ariay of disguise and masquery, which decked and concealed his followers. I must, however, observe, that he was attended in all due form by proper officers of state, in their robes of ceremony ; but whether they could compete with the courtiers who, on certain solemn occasions, environ his Majesty...
第 57 頁 - ... contents. Where flesh and bone were wanting, tow and bolsters supplied their place ; and, to judge by superficial observations, one or two feather beds must have been required to produce that resemblance to the Negro Venus which was so uncommonly conspicuous in the Greenland Neptune. A mask, the colour of soot (which material probably had served to paint it), disguised the countenance of the marine deity — most likely, lest the glory of its effulgence should have proved as fatal to us as was...
第 61 頁 - Greenland seas; and, on being made acquainted that a stranger had crossed the arctic circle without due qualifications for so doing, his godship called upon the intruder, either to pay the fine required by the usages of his kingdom, or to appear upon deck, and undergo the process of shaving and ducking, as by law established. Taking this hint, which was intended for me, I handed out from my chest two bottles of brandy, which I had provided for the purpose, and begged his majesty to bear my most humble...
第 65 頁 - Saturnalian freedom, round the cabin, of which they had taken complete possession. From the position in which my bed was placed I could obtain a full view of the grotesque assembly, and, certainly, no parallel could be found to the garish crew that composed it. Neptune, who, from his immense bulk, could with difficulty be seated, placed...
第 65 頁 - ... barber, stood ready with his mates to serve out drams and keep the ring in order. The others were stationed promiscuously about the room, leaving a space in the centre, immediately before their divine superiors. After the first song, a ration of brandy and rum was distributed to all hands, and when completed the barber addressed his majesty of the seas, and informed him that he had discovered certain young men who had passed the line without the royal licence. " Let them be brought before us,"...
第 63 頁 - ... as if aroused by the tuneful hand of their liege lord, the cook, burst in full clangour upon the ear. The spirit of Orpheus was shed over the souls of the royal band; every leg, arm, head, and feature of the motley crew yielded to the impulse and an uproar took place as full of outrageous merriment, as if all the devils of Pandemonium had joined with the maniacs of Bedlam to celebrate the mad mysteries of Bacchus. Thus the dancing continued...
第 65 頁 - Equinoctial a severe ducking is added to the oilier ceremonies, in tiroenland so cool an application is dispensed with. After three poor devils had undergone the initiatory torture, which admitted them into the fraternity of Greenlandmen, another round of drams, accompanied by solos on the violin, immediately followed ; songs were again demanded, and several merry courtiers of old Neptune's train roared their utmost to delight their hearers, with inimitably facetious and laughter-stirring humour....
第 58 頁 - I am sure, however, that our sovereign lord docs not possess one attendant whom I noticed near to the person of the briny king, namely, a barber ; a barber, too, whose power, and whose will to employ it were as great and as formidable as the influence of the barber of the eleventh Louis of France. I made these observations while the barber's mate, (the barber and his mates appearing to be the executive portion of the royal escort) was employed in summoning my friend from the depths of slumber; for...
第 56 頁 - Shapes there were of every size and deformity, and the fearful [No. 20. riot of sounds which issued from among them was not more appalling, than the distorted figures appeared to my scarcely awakened fancy. Two or three glances, however, gave me some probable conjectures as to the identity of these unexpected visitants; and, as my eyes grew more open, I could distinguish enough to satisfy me that they were not a deputation from the infernal regions, come to cite me at the bar of the house of demons,...
第 57 頁 - ... the grisly beast grinned dauntingly over the forehead of the king of waters, while the leg, stuffed out like the stocking of a gouty alderman, was placed perpendicularly, in the manner of a soldier's feather, which it was intended to resemble. There was a wig, too, rather out of curl, dangling down his back, which had once been a swab, or mop of rope ; and from his middle hung a large padlock, in lieu of a watch, to which were attached several" keys, of a proportionate size and quality.