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 27 筆
第 17 頁
... short time previous to the sailing of the ship , charging me not to open it until out of sight of land . This letter I now took from the till of my chest , and having thrown myself into my berth , proceeded 2 to read the following words ...
... short time previous to the sailing of the ship , charging me not to open it until out of sight of land . This letter I now took from the till of my chest , and having thrown myself into my berth , proceeded 2 to read the following words ...
第 30 頁
... short sail , in consequence of the dangerous navigation . After making land , we stood along 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 ...
... short sail , in consequence of the dangerous navigation . After making land , we stood along 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 ...
第 31 頁
... short distance to windward , and the captain's boat immediately went in pursuit of them . After a short chase , the captain suc- ceeded in fastening to the largest of the whales , by means of a bomb gun , with which his boat had been ...
... short distance to windward , and the captain's boat immediately went in pursuit of them . After a short chase , the captain suc- ceeded in fastening to the largest of the whales , by means of a bomb gun , with which his boat had been ...
第 38 頁
... short , I had endured , what seemed to me , a life of the most abject slavery , that I might not afford the faintest shadow of a pretext for further abuse . It appears , however , that all my efforts to please my superiors , and save ...
... short , I had endured , what seemed to me , a life of the most abject slavery , that I might not afford the faintest shadow of a pretext for further abuse . It appears , however , that all my efforts to please my superiors , and save ...
第 45 頁
... " I will show you how to fight and help you my- self in the bargain . ' " " He then procured a short whip , having sev- eral lashes of small tarred cords , similar to what is known on shipboard as the Cat , ' and BY SEA AND LAND . 45.
... " I will show you how to fight and help you my- self in the bargain . ' " " He then procured a short whip , having sev- eral lashes of small tarred cords , similar to what is known on shipboard as the Cat , ' and BY SEA AND LAND . 45.
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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...