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 17 頁
... relieved from duty for the space of 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 ...
... relieved from duty for the space of 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 ...
第 22 頁
... relieve the monotony of sea life . We pursued our onward way for the Azores or Western Islands , whither we had shaped our course from the commencement of the passage , and by the morning of the fifth day out , had crossed the Gulf ...
... relieve the monotony of sea life . We pursued our onward way for the Azores or Western Islands , whither we had shaped our course from the commencement of the passage , and by the morning of the fifth day out , had crossed the Gulf ...
第 44 頁
... relieve the exuberance of ani- mal spirits . On this particular occasion Pope and myself were having a " set to " at sparring , merely for the fun of the thing , and without the slightest ill will or anger upon either side . While ...
... relieve the exuberance of ani- mal spirits . On this particular occasion Pope and myself were having a " set to " at sparring , merely for the fun of the thing , and without the slightest ill will or anger upon either side . While ...
第 60 頁
... relieve each other at regular intervals . We soon perceived , however , that the leak was rap- idly gaining upon us , notwithstanding our ut- most exertions at the pumps ; when the captain immediately decided to tack ship and stand in ...
... relieve each other at regular intervals . We soon perceived , however , that the leak was rap- idly gaining upon us , notwithstanding our ut- most exertions at the pumps ; when the captain immediately decided to tack ship and stand in ...
第 76 頁
... relieve his mind of all farther anxiety in regard to me . In the course of time , he learned that Captain Whiteside had arrived in New York , and he awaited with impatience the news which he expected to receive from him ; but in this re ...
... relieve his mind of all farther anxiety in regard to me . In the course of time , he learned that Captain Whiteside had arrived in New York , and he awaited with impatience the news which he expected to receive from him ; but in this re ...
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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...