A Description of Pitcairn's Island and Its Inhabitants: With an Authentic Account of the Mutiny of the Ship Bounty, and of the Subsequent Fortunes of the MutineersHarper, 1832 - 303 sider |
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Side 24
... Captain Wallis , " till night , and it was then with the greatest difficulty that she could be prevailed upon to go on shore . When she was told that the boat was ready , she threw herself down upon the arm - chest , 24 OTAHEITE .
... Captain Wallis , " till night , and it was then with the greatest difficulty that she could be prevailed upon to go on shore . When she was told that the boat was ready , she threw herself down upon the arm - chest , 24 OTAHEITE .
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... night , took his leave . He went to rest early , according to the custom of the country ; and taking off his clothes , as was his constant practice , the nights being hot , Obe- rea kindly insisted upon taking them into her own custody ...
... night , took his leave . He went to rest early , according to the custom of the country ; and taking off his clothes , as was his constant practice , the nights being hot , Obe- rea kindly insisted upon taking them into her own custody ...
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... night , whether the sea or river be near them or at a distance . They wash , not only the mouth , but the hands at their meals , almost be- tween every morsel ; and their clothes , as well as their persons , are kept without spot or ...
... night , whether the sea or river be near them or at a distance . They wash , not only the mouth , but the hands at their meals , almost be- tween every morsel ; and their clothes , as well as their persons , are kept without spot or ...
Side 40
... night . They eat in the open air , under the shade of the nearest tree . In each dis- trict there is a house erected for general use , much larger than common , some of them exceeding two hundred feet in length , thirty broad , and ...
... night . They eat in the open air , under the shade of the nearest tree . In each dis- trict there is a house erected for general use , much larger than common , some of them exceeding two hundred feet in length , thirty broad , and ...
Side 50
... night and day ; and one of the watch always attended to dry the people's wet clothes . This stormy weather continued for nine days ; the ship began to complain , and required pumping every hour ; the decks became so leaky that the com ...
... night and day ; and one of the watch always attended to dry the people's wet clothes . This stormy weather continued for nine days ; the ship began to complain , and required pumping every hour ; the decks became so leaky that the com ...
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Adams affectionate appeared arms arrival assistance beloved boat boatswain Bounty bread bread-fruit brother brought called canoes Captain Beechey Captain Bligh Captain Cook Captain Edwards Captain Pipon carpenter Charles Churchill Churchill circumstances clothes cocoanut commander conduct Cook court court-martial crew dear dearest death deck distress doubt endeavour feeling feet Fletcher Christian Fryer gave Hallet hands happy Hayward heard honour hope innocence James Morrison John John Adams kind land launch letter Lieutenant Bligh M'Intosh majesty's majesty's ship manner master-at-arms mate Matthew Quintal midshipman mind morning Morrison mutiny narrative natives NESSY HEYWOOD never night Novel observes occasion officers ordered Otaheitans Otaheite Pandora person Peter Heywood Pitcairn's Island prisoners Quintal received remained sail seamen ship ship's company shore sister situation soon Stewart sufferings tain taken thing Thomas Ellison tion told vessel vols voyage whole women young
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Side 152 - Louder than the loud ocean, like a crash Of echoing thunder; and then all was hush'd, Save the wild wind and the remorseless dash Of billows; but at intervals there gush'd, Accompanied with a convulsive splash, A solitary shriek, the bubbling cry Of some strong swimmer in his agony.
Side 63 - Horror and doubt distract His troubled thoughts, and from the bottom stir The hell within him ; for within him Hell He brings, and round about him, nor from Hell One step, no more than from himself, can fly By change of place.
Side 214 - Well believe this, No ceremony that to great ones 'longs, Not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword, The marshal's truncheon, nor the judge's robe, Become them with one half so good a grace, As mercy does.
Side 134 - Put the wild waters in this roar, allay them. The sky, it seems, would pour down stinking pitch, But that the sea, mounting to the welkin's cheek, Dashes the fire out.
Side 207 - Yet, if I am found guilty this day, they will not construe it, I trust, as the least disrespect offered to their discernment and opinion, if I solemnly declare that my heart will rely with confidence in its own innocence, until that awful period when my spirit shall be about to be separated from my body to take its everlasting flight, and be ushered into the presence of that unerring Judge, before whom all hearts are open and from whom no secrets are hid.
Side 48 - The bread-tree, which, without the ploughshare, yields The unreap'd harvest of unfurrow'd fields, And bakes its unadulterated loaves Without a furnace in unpurchased groves, And flings off famine from its fertile breast, A priceless market for the gathering guest...
Side 152 - And down she suck'd with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples with his enemy, And strives to strangle him before he die.
Side 69 - Notwithstanding the roughness with which I was treated the remembrance of past kindnesses produced some signs of remorse in Christian. When they were forcing me out of the ship I asked him if this treatment was a proper return for the many instances he had received of my friendship? he appeared disturbed at my question and answered with much emotion: "That, captain Bligh, that is the thing; I am in hell, I am in hell.
Side 250 - 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 214 - ... the commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland...