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 5 頁
... desire that my motives for its publication should be clearly understood at the outset ; and I hope , by an honest confession of my inability to do my subject jus- tice , at least in a literary point of view , to disarm criti- cism , and ...
... desire that my motives for its publication should be clearly understood at the outset ; and I hope , by an honest confession of my inability to do my subject jus- tice , at least in a literary point of view , to disarm criti- cism , and ...
第 6 頁
... desire to offer some testimonial of gratitude to a kind and affectionate parent , have chiefly influenced me to the publication of this work . If its perusal shall afford pleasure to the reader , and , in the smallest degree , effect ...
... desire to offer some testimonial of gratitude to a kind and affectionate parent , have chiefly influenced me to the publication of this work . If its perusal shall afford pleasure to the reader , and , in the smallest degree , effect ...
第 9 頁
... Desire to go to Sea- Outward bound on a three years Whaling Cruise- Incidents of the passage . AMONG the numerous obstacles which in every direction , surround the author who writes of himself and his personal adventures obstacles well ...
... Desire to go to Sea- Outward bound on a three years Whaling Cruise- Incidents of the passage . AMONG the numerous obstacles which in every direction , surround the author who writes of himself and his personal adventures obstacles well ...
第 16 頁
... desire to " cast up " accounts with old Neptune ; but 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 ...
... desire to " cast up " accounts with old Neptune ; but 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 ...
第 43 頁
... Desire to desert the ship - Departure from the Sandwich Islands - Incidents of the passage - A storm . The incident to which I have alluded to in the foregoing chapter , as occurring during our passage down the coast from the ...
... Desire to desert the ship - Departure from the Sandwich Islands - Incidents of the passage - A storm . The incident to which I have alluded to in the foregoing chapter , as occurring during our passage down the coast from the ...
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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...