The Home of the MutineersAmerican Sunday-school union, 1854 - 342 sider |
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Side 105
... female servant , that shows what a happy and attached family the Heywoods were , previous to the me- lancholy affair in which Peter became entangled . Mrs. Heywood says , " My good honest Birket is very well , and says your safe return ...
... female servant , that shows what a happy and attached family the Heywoods were , previous to the me- lancholy affair in which Peter became entangled . Mrs. Heywood says , " My good honest Birket is very well , and says your safe return ...
Side 106
... female relations . ” even on your allowed the The following is an answer from his eldest sister : - MARY HEYWOOD TO PETER HEYWOOD . " Isle of Man , July 17 , 1792 . " How can I sufficiently thank you , my dearest and most beloved boy ...
... female relations . ” even on your allowed the The following is an answer from his eldest sister : - MARY HEYWOOD TO PETER HEYWOOD . " Isle of Man , July 17 , 1792 . " How can I sufficiently thank you , my dearest and most beloved boy ...
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... female nature to support . And teach them to be fully persuaded that all hopes of happiness on earth are vain . On my own account I still enjoy the most easy serenity of mind , and am , dearest sir , your greatly indebted and most ...
... female nature to support . And teach them to be fully persuaded that all hopes of happiness on earth are vain . On my own account I still enjoy the most easy serenity of mind , and am , dearest sir , your greatly indebted and most ...
Side 175
... female , had the marked expression of English features , though not exactly the clear red and white that distinguish English skins , their's being the colour of what we call brunette . But their personal qualifications , attrac- tive as ...
... female , had the marked expression of English features , though not exactly the clear red and white that distinguish English skins , their's being the colour of what we call brunette . But their personal qualifications , attrac- tive as ...
Side 176
... English language commonly ; and even the old Tahitian women have picked up a good deal of this language . The young people , both male and female , speak it with a pleasing accent , and their voices 176 HOME OF THE MUTINEERS .
... English language commonly ; and even the old Tahitian women have picked up a good deal of this language . The young people , both male and female , speak it with a pleasing accent , and their voices 176 HOME OF THE MUTINEERS .
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admiral affectionate allowance appeared arrival Arthur Quintal attend beloved Bible blessing boat Bounty Bay bread bread-fruit British brother Buffett canoe Captain Beechey Captain Bligh Captain Pipon cheerful clothes cocoa-nut commander conduct crew crime David Buffett dear dearest death delight Edward Quintal endeavour England English favour females Fletcher Christian hands happy heart honour hope inhabitants JAMES HEYWOOD John Adams John Mills kind land letter Lieutenant Bligh Lord magistrate males Matthew Quintal ment midshipman miles misery Moresby morning murdered mutineers natives NESSY HEYWOOD night Nobbs Nobbs's officers Pandora pastor person PETER HEYWOOD Pitcairn Pitcairn's Island pleasure prayers present prisoners Queen Quintal received remain rocks sailed says seamen sent ship ship's shore sister soon suffered surf Tahiti Tahitian tain teacher tion Valparaiso vessel whaler women yams young youth
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Side 49 - no way, but I caught the eye of some one in distress. Extreme hunger was now too evident, but no one suffered from thirst, nor had we much inclination to drink, that desire perhaps being satisfied through the skin.
Side 170 - Pacific islands; his only dress was a piece of cloth round his loins, and a straw hat ornamented with the black feathers of the domestic fowl. "With a great share of good humour...
Side 44 - I adopted one ball as the proportion of weight that each person should receive of bread at the times I served it. I also amused all hands with describing the situation of New Guinea and New Holland, and...
Side 140 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between...
Side 18 - Christian, with the master-atarms, gunner's mate, and Thomas Burkitt, seaman, came into my cabin, and, seizing me, tied my hands with a cord behind my back, threatening me with instant death if I spoke or made the least noise.
Side 231 - When the shades of evening draw on, the islanders,' one and all. again remember Him, who is about their path and about their bed, and spieth out all their ways. Nor are they slow to acknowledge His claims, who expects the grateful homage of His intelligent creatures, and whose protection and blessing they beg in family worship, before they lie down to sleep. And then, without any thought of locks, bolts, or 'bars, — for they have no such defences, nor any need of them, — each may feel at night...
Side 37 - ... across a sea where the navigation is but little known, in a small boat, twenty-three feet long from stem to stern, deep laden with eighteen men.
Side 22 - It appeared to me that Christian was some time in doubt whether he should keep the carpenter or his mates; at length he determined on the latter, and the carpenter was ordered into the boat. He was permitted, but not without some opposition, to take his tool chest.
Side 23 - Come, Captain Bligh, your officers and men are now in the boat, and you must go with them ; if you attempt to make the least resistance, you will instantly be put to death...
Side 61 - I encouraged everyone with hopes that eight or ten days would bring us to a land of safety; and, after praying to God for a continuance of his most gracious protection, I served an allowance of water for supper and directed our course to the west-south-west to counteract the southerly winds in case they should blow strong.