Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on RecordDavis Wasgatt Clark Swormstedt & Poe, 1856 - 416 sider |
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... sail , however , when the wind " rose to a heavy gale , and the waves ran to a prodigious hight . At one mo- ment our frail bark danced upon the crest of a wave , and at the next fell with a surge into the trough of the sea ; and as we ...
... sail , however , when the wind " rose to a heavy gale , and the waves ran to a prodigious hight . At one mo- ment our frail bark danced upon the crest of a wave , and at the next fell with a surge into the trough of the sea ; and as we ...
Side 95
... sail- ing , having brought stores for the use of the penal establishment . It was one of those bright mornings which this hemisphere alone knows , when the air is so elastic that its buoyancy is irresistibly communicated to the spirits ...
... sail- ing , having brought stores for the use of the penal establishment . It was one of those bright mornings which this hemisphere alone knows , when the air is so elastic that its buoyancy is irresistibly communicated to the spirits ...
Side 142
... sail on the 17th of June , 1816 , and remained for several days together ; at length , from the changeableness of the wind , they were separated , each pursuing its course alone , and the Echo only keeping in sight of the Medusa , as if ...
... sail on the 17th of June , 1816 , and remained for several days together ; at length , from the changeableness of the wind , they were separated , each pursuing its course alone , and the Echo only keeping in sight of the Medusa , as if ...
Side 143
... to the Echo , a gun was ordered to be fired , but not a single piece was found charged ; it required also a long time to lower the sails , when the more sim- ple method would have been to put the helm about SHIPWRECK OF THE MEDUSA . 143.
... to the Echo , a gun was ordered to be fired , but not a single piece was found charged ; it required also a long time to lower the sails , when the more sim- ple method would have been to put the helm about SHIPWRECK OF THE MEDUSA . 143.
Side 147
... sails were hastily low- ered , the top - gallant mast and topmast taken down , and some other means tried to get her off the bank . They were all , however , only half measures ; they did little good ; and when night came on , the ...
... sails were hastily low- ered , the top - gallant mast and topmast taken down , and some other means tried to get her off the bank . They were all , however , only half measures ; they did little good ; and when night came on , the ...
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