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 5 頁
... four years intervening between that time and the pres- ent , have been spent among the doubtful associations of a whaleship's forecastle , and in the wilds of Siberia , he will readily overlook the many imperfections , which , doubtless ...
... four years intervening between that time and the pres- ent , have been spent among the doubtful associations of a whaleship's forecastle , and in the wilds of Siberia , he will readily overlook the many imperfections , which , doubtless ...
第 6 頁
... four years ' absence from home , will be read with pleasure by my personal friends , and with interest by many strangers ; particularly by all young men of my own age who have either been to sea , or who intend , at some future time ...
... four years ' absence from home , will be read with pleasure by my personal friends , and with interest by many strangers ; particularly by all young men of my own age who have either been to sea , or who intend , at some future time ...
第 13 頁
... four mates , four 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 ...
... four mates , four 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 ...
第 17 頁
... four hours , and with trembling limbs , -for the relentless malady of the sea had already commenced its debilitating effects upon my system , I proceeded to the forecastle . At this moment , while sea - sick , home - sick , and sick at ...
... four hours , and with trembling limbs , -for the relentless malady of the sea had already commenced its debilitating effects upon my system , I proceeded to the forecastle . At this moment , while sea - sick , home - sick , and sick at ...
第 20 頁
... four hours following , I suffered more real mis- ery than a landsman can well conceive of . 66 On the morning of the third day out , how- ever , I turned out at seven bells , " with a good appetite for breakfast , and after partak- ing ...
... four hours following , I suffered more real mis- ery than a landsman can well conceive of . 66 On the morning of the third day out , how- ever , I turned out at seven bells , " with a good appetite for breakfast , and after partak- ing ...
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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...