The island home; or, The young castaways, ed. by Christopher Romaunt, Bind 7181853 |
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Side 7
... from the grove in the direction of the spring ; " he has probably come across a couple of ' rare speci- mens , ' to be added to his stuffed collection . " CHAPTER II . THE ALARM . THE MUTINEERS - THE THE TROPICAL ISLAND . 7.
... from the grove in the direction of the spring ; " he has probably come across a couple of ' rare speci- mens , ' to be added to his stuffed collection . " CHAPTER II . THE ALARM . THE MUTINEERS - THE THE TROPICAL ISLAND . 7.
Side 18
... direction of the ship , when the report of firearms was heard . " Merciful heavens ! " cried Morton , " the captain is down that fiend Luerson has shot him ! " The figure which I had taken for that of Mr. Erskine was no longer to be ...
... direction of the ship , when the report of firearms was heard . " Merciful heavens ! " cried Morton , " the captain is down that fiend Luerson has shot him ! " The figure which I had taken for that of Mr. Erskine was no longer to be ...
Side 19
... direction indicated , we saw a large ship with all her sails set steering directly for us , or so nearly so , as to make it apparent that if she held on her present course , she must pass very near to us . Had we not been entirely ...
... direction indicated , we saw a large ship with all her sails set steering directly for us , or so nearly so , as to make it apparent that if she held on her present course , she must pass very near to us . Had we not been entirely ...
Side 22
... direction in which it lay - so completely were we be- wildered . The night was one of deep and utter gloom . There was no moon ; and not a single star shed its feeble light over the wilderness of agitated waters upon which our little ...
... direction in which it lay - so completely were we be- wildered . The night was one of deep and utter gloom . There was no moon ; and not a single star shed its feeble light over the wilderness of agitated waters upon which our little ...
Side 23
... direction . In endea- vouring to return , I got bewildered , and at length fairly lost , having no clear notion as to the direction of the beach . The groves were so thick and dark as AT SEA . 23.
... direction . In endea- vouring to return , I got bewildered , and at length fairly lost , having no clear notion as to the direction of the beach . The groves were so thick and dark as AT SEA . 23.
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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.