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 11 頁
... boating and other aquatic sports , began to manifest itself in such a manner as to call forth the wonder and admi- ration of the entire community . I frequently bathed in company with my school - fellows , and , upon such occasions ...
... boating and other aquatic sports , began to manifest itself in such a manner as to call forth the wonder and admi- ration of the entire community . I frequently bathed in company with my school - fellows , and , upon such occasions ...
第 13 頁
... boat steer- ers , a cook , steward , and twenty - three foremast hands , including myself , making in all thirty- three . On the morning of the seventh of August , eighteen hundred and fifty - six , the weather be- ing pleasant , and ...
... boat steer- ers , a cook , steward , and twenty - three foremast hands , including myself , making in all thirty- three . On the morning of the seventh of August , eighteen hundred and fifty - six , the weather be- ing pleasant , and ...
第 21 頁
... boats , and others yet hastened to the braces , in obedience to the proper commands for bringing the ship to the wind . The main top - sail was promptly laid back , and as soon as the ship became stationary , the quarter - boat was ...
... boats , and others yet hastened to the braces , in obedience to the proper commands for bringing the ship to the wind . The main top - sail was promptly laid back , and as soon as the ship became stationary , the quarter - boat was ...
第 22 頁
... boat , when both were taken on board , amid the joyful shouts of the boat's crew , and the responsive cheers of their shipmates on board the Condor . The boat immediately returned to the ship , where the proper means were used to ...
... boat , when both were taken on board , amid the joyful shouts of the boat's crew , and the responsive cheers of their shipmates on board the Condor . The boat immediately returned to the ship , where the proper means were used to ...
第 24 頁
... 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 experience of sea life up to ...
... 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 experience of sea life up to ...
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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...