The island home; or, The young castaways, ed. by Christopher Romaunt, Bind 7181853 |
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Side 44
... approach , when they all at once scat- tered in every direction , with manifest signs of terror . The cause of this sudden movement was not long con- cealed a brace of sharks rose in their very midst ; one was visible but for a moment ...
... approach , when they all at once scat- tered in every direction , with manifest signs of terror . The cause of this sudden movement was not long con- cealed a brace of sharks rose in their very midst ; one was visible but for a moment ...
Side 49
... approach , and threatening to unite their gloomy array overhead , and shut out the light of day . As they drew nearer to one another , the lightning began to dart D from cloud to cloud , while the most terrific peals A CHANGE . 49.
... approach , and threatening to unite their gloomy array overhead , and shut out the light of day . As they drew nearer to one another , the lightning began to dart D from cloud to cloud , while the most terrific peals A CHANGE . 49.
Side 60
... approach than the latter ; and so they proved at present . Still we persevered for a while ; the hope of obtaining food having been once excited , we were almost as reluctant to abandon the attempt as we had been at first to commence it ...
... approach than the latter ; and so they proved at present . Still we persevered for a while ; the hope of obtaining food having been once excited , we were almost as reluctant to abandon the attempt as we had been at first to commence it ...
Side 73
... approach them . From the time of our wonderful escape from being destroyed by the whale , until the occurrence which I am about to relate , I remember nothing distinctly - all seems vague and dream - like . I could not say with ...
... approach them . From the time of our wonderful escape from being destroyed by the whale , until the occurrence which I am about to relate , I remember nothing distinctly - all seems vague and dream - like . I could not say with ...
Side 79
... approach of the canoe , from the circumstance of his occupying a small raised platform , or dais , of wicker- work covered with mats . As our sail had been entirely disengaged from the mast and gaff , it was quite a piece of work to rig ...
... approach of the canoe , from the circumstance of his occupying a small raised platform , or dais , of wicker- work covered with mats . As our sail had been entirely disengaged from the mast and gaff , it was quite a piece of work to rig ...
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Angatan answered Arthur appeared Atollo Barton beach beautiful began birds blow boat bread-fruit breath Browne candlenut cannibal canoe Castle Hill casuarina Catiline Charlie Charlie's Cloth extra Cloth gilt club cocoanut commenced companions coral cried cutlass danger dark distance Eiulo endeavouring Engravings escape exclaimed eyes feel feet fish Foolscap 8vo forest fresh gannets gilt leaves ground grove gunwale hand head heard hour islet lagoon land light looking Luerson Max's morning Morocco elegant Morton Mowno natives nearly night oars once ourselves pandanus party passed present proceeded reached reef rest richly gilt Robinson Crusoe Rokoa Royal 32mo sail savages scarcely seemed seen shark shells ship shore side sight Society Islands soon spot steered stood story strange stream suddenly supposed Swiss Family Robinson Tewa thing thought tion trees uttered voice Wakatta watch waterspout weapon wind wood yawl young
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Side 123 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons...
Side 32 - All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.
Side 23 - O Wedding-Guest! this soul hath been Alone on a wide wide sea: So lonely 'twas, that God Himself Scarce seemed there to be.
Side 73 - The swift volution, and the enormous train, Let sages versed in Nature's lore explain — The horrid apparition still draws nigh, And white with foam the whirling billows fly.
Side 259 - Melt into morn, and Light awakes the world. Man has another day to swell the past, And lead him near to little, but his last ; But mighty Nature bounds as from her birth, The sun is in the heavens, and life on earth ; Flowers in the valley, splendour in the beam, Health on the gale, and freshness in the stream. Immortal man ! behold her glories shine, And cry, exulting inly,
Side 277 - With many a stiff thwack, many a bang, Hard crab-tree and old iron rang ; While none that saw them could divine To which side conquest would incline ; Until Magnano, who did envy...
Side 243 - Winter comes, to rule the varied year, Sullen and sad, with all his rising train — Vapours, and clouds, and storms. Be these my theme ; These, that exalt the soul to solemn thought And heavenly musing. Welcome, kindred glooms...
Side 270 - We drifted o'er the harbour-bar, And I with sobs did pray — O let me be awake, my God! Or let me sleep alway. The harbour-bay was clear as glass, So smoothly it was strewn! And on the bay the moonlight lay, And the shadow of the Moon.
Side 335 - With a Narrative of his most Recent Researches, including his Celebrated Journey to the Ural Mountains, Exploration of the Altaian Range, and the Caspian Sea, ic.
Side 25 - How gallantly, how merrily, We ride along the sea ! The morning is all sunshine, The wind is blowing free : The billows are all sparkling, And bounding in the light, Like creatures in whose sunny veins The blood is running bright.