 ... imagined it in their power to fix themselves in the midst of plenty, on one of the finest islands in the world, where they need not labour, and where the allurements of dissipation are beyond anything that can be conceived.  Christina, the Maid of the South Seas: A Poem - Side 263af Mary Russell Mitford - 1811 - 332 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1925 - 948 sider
...though scarcely possible to have been foreseen, that a set of sailors, most of them void of connections, should be led away ; especially when, in addition...the finest islands in the world, where they need not labour, and where the allurements of dissipation are beyond anything that can be conceived." In this... | |
 | Amasa Delano - 1817 - 622 sider
...sailors, most of them void of connexions, should be led away; especially ulten ia addi'Lt to such strong inducements they imagined it in their power to fix...the finest islands in the world, where they need not labour, and where the allurements of dissipation are beyond any thing that can be conceived." Such... | |
 | R. P. Forster - 1818 - 592 sider
...though scarcely possible to have been foreseen, that a set of sailors, most of them void of connections, should be led away ; especially when, in addition...power to fix themselves in the midst of plenty, on the finest island in the world, where they need not labour, and where the allurements of dissipation... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - 1831 - 400 sider
...though scarcely possible to have been foreseen, that a set of sailors, most of them void of connections, should be led away ; especially when, in addition...the finest islands in the world, where they need not labour, and where the allurements of dissipation are beyond anything that can be conceived. The utmost,... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - 1832 - 320 sider
...possessions. Under these and many other attendant circumstances, equally desirable, it is now per haps not so much to be wondered at, though scarcely possible...the finest islands in the world, where they need not labour, and where the allurements of dissipation are beyond any thing that can be conceived. The utmost,... | |
 | William Bligh - 1838 - 86 sider
...make them admired and beloved. The chiefs were so much attached to our people, that *8cp Appendix. they rather encouraged their stay among them than...the finest islands in the world, where they need not labour, and where the allurements of dissipation are beyond anything that can be conceived. Theutmost,... | |
 | Andrew Kippis - 1843 - 456 sider
...sailors, most of them having no relations at home who could engage then- thoughts, should have been led away ; especially when, in addition to such powerful...on one of the finest islands in the world, where, without any labour, the allurements of dissipation are beyond any thing that can be conceived. Desertions,... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 934 sider
...equally desirable, it is now perhaps not so much to be wondered at, though scarcely possible to lave been foreseen, that a set of sailors, most of them...the finest islands in the world, where they need not labour, and where the allurements of dissipation are beyond anything that can be conceived. FATE OF... | |
 | Davis Wasgatt Clark - 1856 - 420 sider
...though scarcely possible to have been foreseen, that a set of sailors, most of them void of connections, should be led away: especially when, in addition to...dissipation are beyond any thing that can be conceived. My first determination was to seek a supply of bread-fruit and water at Tofoa, and afterward to sail... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 264 sider
...sailors, most of them having no relations at home who could engage their thoughts, should have been led away; especially when, in addition to such powerful...on one of the finest islands in the world, where, without any labor, the comforts of life are beyond anything that can be conceived. The most wonderful... | |
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