Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on Record |
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Side 59
It was to me almost equal to a good breakfast to witness the pleasure and satisfaction which I had been the means of diffusing through the camp . The repast was ready at length , and we did full justice to it ; every man ate till he was ...
It was to me almost equal to a good breakfast to witness the pleasure and satisfaction which I had been the means of diffusing through the camp . The repast was ready at length , and we did full justice to it ; every man ate till he was ...
Side 68
In the mean time the boat had become half - full of water , shipping a part of every surf that struck her ; and as we gained the shallows , every man sprang overboard , breast deep , and began hauling the canoe to shore .
In the mean time the boat had become half - full of water , shipping a part of every surf that struck her ; and as we gained the shallows , every man sprang overboard , breast deep , and began hauling the canoe to shore .
Side 79
In front was a solid wall of ice , of prodigious hight , to which there was only one perilous approach , by means of a promontory projecting from the side on which the party stood . Coutet cut steps in the wall with his hatchet ...
In front was a solid wall of ice , of prodigious hight , to which there was only one perilous approach , by means of a promontory projecting from the side on which the party stood . Coutet cut steps in the wall with his hatchet ...
Side 98
... I received the following account of the affair : The prisoners had slept the previous night in a part of the vessel appropriated for this purpose ; but it was without fastening , or other means of securing them below .
... I received the following account of the affair : The prisoners had slept the previous night in a part of the vessel appropriated for this purpose ; but it was without fastening , or other means of securing them below .
Side 99
... when within a few strokes of the rock , to raise his hands , and uttering a faint cry to Heaven for mercy , he instantly sunk . In the mean while , the sergeant in charge of the guard hearing the scuffling overhead , ran upon ...
... when within a few strokes of the rock , to raise his hands , and uttering a faint cry to Heaven for mercy , he instantly sunk . In the mean while , the sergeant in charge of the guard hearing the scuffling overhead , ran upon ...
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able afterward allowed appeared approach arrived attempt became boat body brought called Captain cause close commanded companions conduct continued course covered crew danger death direction distance door effect entered escape expected eyes father feelings feet felt fire five formed four gave give ground half hands head heard hope horses hundred immediately Indians island Italy kind land least leave length less lived looked means miles mind months morning natives never night officers once party passed perhaps person poor present prison raft reached received remained returned river sail sailors saved says scarcely seemed seen seized Selkirk sent served ship shore short side sight situation soon suffered taken thing thought tion took travelers turned vessel whole wind young
Bibliografiske oplysninger
| Titel | Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on Record Fireside reading |
| Redaktør | Davis Wasgatt Clark |
| Udgiver | A. Poe & L. Hitchcock, 1864 |
| Oprindeligt fra | University of Chicago |
| Digitaliseret | 25. jan 2016 |
| Længde | 416 sider |
| Eksporter henvisning | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |