Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on RecordDavis Wasgatt Clark Swormstedt & Poe, 1856 - 416 sider |
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Side 137
... afterward sent to the Castle of Vincennes , to be confined in the black - hole . Here , however , the lieutenant- governor , being a humane man , suffered him to walk two hours a day in the fosse , guarded by two fusileers and a ...
... afterward sent to the Castle of Vincennes , to be confined in the black - hole . Here , however , the lieutenant- governor , being a humane man , suffered him to walk two hours a day in the fosse , guarded by two fusileers and a ...
Side 144
... afterward led to greater disasters . On the first of July the Medusa entered the tropics , the seamen on the occasion performing the ceremonies which ordinarily take place in crossing the equinoctial line . In the midst of this fatal ...
... afterward led to greater disasters . On the first of July the Medusa entered the tropics , the seamen on the occasion performing the ceremonies which ordinarily take place in crossing the equinoctial line . In the midst of this fatal ...
Side 148
... All this , as events afterward proved , was practicable ; for the land , though not visible from the frigate , was only about forty - five miles distant ; yet the plan , in the manner proposed , was not carried 148 FIRESIDE READING .
... All this , as events afterward proved , was practicable ; for the land , though not visible from the frigate , was only about forty - five miles distant ; yet the plan , in the manner proposed , was not carried 148 FIRESIDE READING .
Side 201
... afterward to look for the raft . In her course she had become aware that the crews in the boats had been saved , and had rendered them some succor while coasting the desert . Her search for the raft was at first fruitless , and after ...
... afterward to look for the raft . In her course she had become aware that the crews in the boats had been saved , and had rendered them some succor while coasting the desert . Her search for the raft was at first fruitless , and after ...
Side 202
... ; and it is not less distressing to know that nei- ther the party generally who escaped in the boats , nor those who afterward were taken from the raft , gave themselves any concern about their less 202 READING . FIRESIDE.
... ; and it is not less distressing to know that nei- ther the party generally who escaped in the boats , nor those who afterward were taken from the raft , gave themselves any concern about their less 202 READING . FIRESIDE.
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