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 10 頁
... pupil , until , having qualified myself for admission to a High School , I was sent to an institution of that character , upon one of the Elizabeth Islands , more generally known as Martha's Vineyard . 10 ARCTIC ROVINGS ,
... pupil , until , having qualified myself for admission to a High School , I was sent to an institution of that character , upon one of the Elizabeth Islands , more generally known as Martha's Vineyard . 10 ARCTIC ROVINGS ,
第 11 頁
... Islands , more generally known as Martha's Vineyard . Here were spent some of the happiest days of my life ; but , at the expi- ration of one year , our Principal , Mr. Magoni- gal , having moved away , I was transferred to a boarding ...
... Islands , more generally known as Martha's Vineyard . Here were spent some of the happiest days of my life ; but , at the expi- ration of one year , our Principal , Mr. Magoni- gal , having moved away , I was transferred to a boarding ...
第 22 頁
... Islands , whither we had shaped our course from the commencement of the passage , and by the morning of the fifth day out , had crossed the Gulf Stream . During the first watch on this morning , the crew were suddenly startled by a ...
... Islands , whither we had shaped our course from the commencement of the passage , and by the morning of the fifth day out , had crossed the Gulf Stream . During the first watch on this morning , the crew were suddenly startled by a ...
第 24 頁
... island for a few hours , and a boat was sent ashore with letters for the United States . I gladly improved this opportunity to send a let- ter to my father , informing him that I was in good health and spirits , and briefly relating my ...
... island for a few hours , and a boat was sent ashore with letters for the United States . I gladly improved this opportunity to send a let- ter to my father , informing him that I was in good health and spirits , and briefly relating my ...
第 25 頁
... island , it was decided that pursuit would be useless , and , accordingly we were compelled to sail without him . After leaving Fayal , few incidents occurred until we arrived off the Horn ; and , although a description of the passage ...
... island , it was decided that pursuit would be useless , and , accordingly we were compelled to sail without him . After leaving Fayal , few incidents occurred until we arrived off the Horn ; and , although a description of the passage ...
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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...