Arctic Rovings: Or, The Adventures of a New Bedford Boy on Sea and LandA. Tompkins, 1861 - 171 頁 The journal of a teenage boy aboard a whaling vessel, relating his winter in Siberia and numerous other adventures. |
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第 1 到 5 筆結果,共 27 筆
第 13 頁
... Condor , where , after the necessary preliminaries had been settled , I signed the shipping papers for a three years voyage as foremast hand . I proceeded immediately to procure the ne- cessary outfit ; and , at the expiration of a week ...
... Condor , where , after the necessary preliminaries had been settled , I signed the shipping papers for a three years voyage as foremast hand . I proceeded immediately to procure the ne- cessary outfit ; and , at the expiration of a week ...
第 21 頁
... Condor was careening over the bil- lows , at the rate of ten knots an hour , with the wind on her quarter , and every stitch of her canvas distended to the breeze . The operation of making sail had scarcely been completed , when the ...
... Condor was careening over the bil- lows , at the rate of ten knots an hour , with the wind on her quarter , and every stitch of her canvas distended to the breeze . The operation of making sail had scarcely been completed , when the ...
第 22 頁
... Condor . The boat immediately returned to the ship , where the proper means were used to restore young Knights to animation . In a few min- utes he began to show signs of life , and , by the time the ship had been filled upon her course ...
... Condor . The boat immediately returned to the ship , where the proper means were used to restore young Knights to animation . In a few min- utes he began to show signs of life , and , by the time the ship had been filled upon her course ...
第 26 頁
... Condor was kept for several days under close reefed fore and main top - sails , reefed spanker , and fore - top - mast stay - sail ; and on more than one occasion , was hove to under storm stay- sails , or the lee clews of the main top ...
... Condor was kept for several days under close reefed fore and main top - sails , reefed spanker , and fore - top - mast stay - sail ; and on more than one occasion , was hove to under storm stay- sails , or the lee clews of the main top ...
第 29 頁
... Condor an “ unlucky ship , " and had , from the first , predicted ill - luck and disappointment as the certain result of the voyage . In justice to the crew , however , I must state in this connection , that our want of success in ...
... Condor an “ unlucky ship , " and had , from the first , predicted ill - luck and disappointment as the certain result of the voyage . In justice to the crew , however , I must state in this connection , that our want of success in ...
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第 40 頁 - As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
第 76 頁 - Oft in the stilly night Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Fond Memory brings the light Of other days around me : The smiles, the tears Of boyhood's years, The words of love then spoken ; The eyes that shone, Now dimm'd and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken ! Thus in the stilly night Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Sad Memory brings the light Of other days around me.
第 116 頁 - ... despotic rule, however, of the king was so irritating and oppressive that many of them sought homes of greater freedom in the inhospitable islands of the northern seas. Among the rest, Iceland, having been discovered a short time before, was colonized by them. This event occurred about the year 874. Notwithstanding the severity of the climate and the sterility of * the soil, the colony rapidly increased in numbers and wealth, and an active commerce sprung up with the mother country, and was successfully...
第 11 頁 - ... put your trust in Him he will never leave you nor forsake you. May lie who " holds the waters in the hollow of his hand...