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 112 頁
... wolves - A hunting adventure - Treed by the wolves - An un- comfortable night - A new comer - Escape , and return to the settlement . It will be perhaps , a matter of surprise to the reader , that I do not more frequently , in these ...
... wolves - A hunting adventure - Treed by the wolves - An un- comfortable night - A new comer - Escape , and return to the settlement . It will be perhaps , a matter of surprise to the reader , that I do not more frequently , in these ...
第 116 頁
... wolves , many of the former weighing , perhaps , a thousand pounds or more ! During these excursions I met with many extraordinary adventures , and , more than once , escaped death , as it were , by a miracle . I be- held many wonderful ...
... wolves , many of the former weighing , perhaps , a thousand pounds or more ! During these excursions I met with many extraordinary adventures , and , more than once , escaped death , as it were , by a miracle . I be- held many wonderful ...
第 117 頁
... wolves had mingled with his own , and it soon became evident that , instead of one wolf , I should be compelled to wage war with several , and per- haps with a whole troop . Nothwithstanding this , however , I pursued my course without ...
... wolves had mingled with his own , and it soon became evident that , instead of one wolf , I should be compelled to wage war with several , and per- haps with a whole troop . Nothwithstanding this , however , I pursued my course without ...
第 118 頁
... wolf seldom ventures to attack a man unless he can take him at a disadvantage . This plan was instantly conceived , and as in- stantly put into execution . The wolves no sooner caught sight of me than they set up a shout , as it seemed ...
... wolf seldom ventures to attack a man unless he can take him at a disadvantage . This plan was instantly conceived , and as in- stantly put into execution . The wolves no sooner caught sight of me than they set up a shout , as it seemed ...
第 119 頁
... wolf which seemed to act as leader of the troop . The ball crashed through his skull , and he instantly rolled upon the snow in the agonies of death . The other wolves set up a terrible howl , and rushed pell - mell upon the carcass of ...
... wolf which seemed to act as leader of the troop . The ball crashed through his skull , and he instantly rolled upon the snow in the agonies of death . The other wolves set up a terrible howl , and rushed pell - mell upon the carcass of ...
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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...