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 21 筆
第 16 頁
... I was determined not to yield to the malady until compelled to do so , and , ac- cordingly , continued to render what assistance I could to my shipmates . The fore and main top - sails had been reefed 16 ARCTIC ROVINGS ,
... I was determined not to yield to the malady until compelled to do so , and , ac- cordingly , continued to render what assistance I could to my shipmates . The fore and main top - sails had been reefed 16 ARCTIC ROVINGS ,
第 25 頁
... compelled to sail without him . After leaving Fayal , few incidents occurred until we arrived off the Horn ; and , although a description of the passage would , doubtless in- terest the reader , I must omit unnecessary de- tails , that ...
... compelled to sail without him . After leaving Fayal , few incidents occurred until we arrived off the Horn ; and , although a description of the passage would , doubtless in- terest the reader , I must omit unnecessary de- tails , that ...
第 28 頁
... compelled to remain on board ; their con- finement being rendered the more irksome from their vicinity to the land , upon which they were not permitted to set foot . After leaving Lihinia we shaped our course for Honalulu , where we ...
... compelled to remain on board ; their con- finement being rendered the more irksome from their vicinity to the land , upon which they were not permitted to set foot . After leaving Lihinia we shaped our course for Honalulu , where we ...
第 30 頁
... the coast for the " South - west Bay . " We arrived at the mouth of this bay on the 5th of June , but were unable to enter it on account of floating ice , and were compelled to stand off and on until a 30 ARCTIC ROVINGS ,
... the coast for the " South - west Bay . " We arrived at the mouth of this bay on the 5th of June , but were unable to enter it on account of floating ice , and were compelled to stand off and on until a 30 ARCTIC ROVINGS ,
第 31 頁
... compelled to stand off and on until a change of wind should clear away the ice , and render the passage practicable . On the 7th of June , whales were seen spouting at a short distance to windward , and the captain's boat immediately ...
... compelled to stand off and on until a change of wind should clear away the ice , and render the passage practicable . On the 7th of June , whales were seen spouting at a short distance to windward , and the captain's boat immediately ...
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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...