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 14 頁
... crew , with long and steady strokes , began to heave in the slack of the chain cable . chor was soon " under foot ; " when with " a long pull , a strong pull , and a pull altogether , " upon the windlass brakes , and much noise on the ...
... crew , with long and steady strokes , began to heave in the slack of the chain cable . chor was soon " under foot ; " when with " a long pull , a strong pull , and a pull altogether , " upon the windlass brakes , and much noise on the ...
第 17 頁
... crew were divided into two watches , called respectively , the starboard , and the port or larboard ; the latter , in which I had been chosen , being allowed to go below imme- diately , while the starboard watch was left in charge of ...
... crew were divided into two watches , called respectively , the starboard , and the port or larboard ; the latter , in which I had been chosen , being allowed to go below imme- diately , while the starboard watch was left in charge of ...
第 21 頁
... crew crowded to the rail to catch a glimpse of their missing ship- mate ; others sprang to the 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 ...
... crew crowded to the rail to catch a glimpse of their missing ship- mate ; others sprang to the 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 ...
第 22 頁
... 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 restore young Knights to animation . In a few min- utes he began to show signs of ...
... 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 restore young Knights to animation . In a few min- utes he began to show signs of ...
第 23 頁
... crew were suddenly startled by a succession of groans and shrill cries of distress which evi- dently proceeded from some human being in mortal agony . It was soon ascertained that the sounds proceeded from the lower hold , and , a ...
... crew were suddenly startled by a succession of groans and shrill cries of distress which evi- dently proceeded from some human being in mortal agony . It was soon ascertained that the sounds proceeded from the lower hold , and , a ...
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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...