A Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages & Travels, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time: Arranged in Systematic Order, Geographical and Chronological. The Whole Exhibiting a Faithful and Lively Delineation of the World. Carefully Selected from Writers of Different Nations. In Four Volumes, Bind 4Mackenzie and Dent, 1818 |
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Side 111
... began to relax into good humour , and to talk with his usual vehemence ; for he was always , according to the flow of his spirits , either sullenly silent or extravagantly loquacious . That he conceived me to be in some respects a ...
... began to relax into good humour , and to talk with his usual vehemence ; for he was always , according to the flow of his spirits , either sullenly silent or extravagantly loquacious . That he conceived me to be in some respects a ...
Side 125
... began to decrease . The weather continuing to clear up , we in some time discovered breakers and large rocks without side of us ; so that it appeared we must have passed quite close to them , and were now fairly hemmed in between them ...
... began to decrease . The weather continuing to clear up , we in some time discovered breakers and large rocks without side of us ; so that it appeared we must have passed quite close to them , and were now fairly hemmed in between them ...
Side 127
... began to have serious intentions of letting go our hold , and yielding ourselves up to the fury of the waves . The vessel , which all this time drifted with the sea and wind , gradually approximated the shore , and at length struck the ...
... began to have serious intentions of letting go our hold , and yielding ourselves up to the fury of the waves . The vessel , which all this time drifted with the sea and wind , gradually approximated the shore , and at length struck the ...
Side 128
... one , sometimes another , uppermost ; so that I began to be apprehensive I should not be able to extricate myself : by the merest accident , however , I grasped something that lay in my way , made 128 CAMPBELL'S JOURNEY.
... one , sometimes another , uppermost ; so that I began to be apprehensive I should not be able to extricate myself : by the merest accident , however , I grasped something that lay in my way , made 128 CAMPBELL'S JOURNEY.
Side 130
... began to swallow as much water as possible ; yet , still rising by the bouyant principle of the waves to the surface , my former thoughts began to recur ; and whether it was that , or natural instinct , which survived the temporary ...
... began to swallow as much water as possible ; yet , still rising by the bouyant principle of the waves to the surface , my former thoughts began to recur ; and whether it was that , or natural instinct , which survived the temporary ...
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Side 229 - Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee : be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee : cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
Side 236 - And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot : and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
Side 227 - And Deborah said unto Barak, Up ; for this is the day in which the Lord hath delivered Sisera into thine hand : is not the Lord gone out before thee?
Side 240 - The atmosphere was remarkably clear and serene; but we saw none of those clouds of smoke which by some writers are said to exhale from the surface of Lake Asphaltites, nor from any neighbouring mountain.
Side 452 - AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah : and I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship...
Side 381 - Otaheite are handsome, mild, and cheerful in manners and conversation, possessed of great sensibility, and have sufficient delicacy to make them be admired and beloved. The chiefs were so much attached to our people, that they rather encouraged their stay among them than otherwise, and even made them promises of large possessions. Under these and many other...
Side 347 - ... having been in imminent peril of being killed, had not the Commodore, who perceived what he was about, given express orders to his people to desist from firing.
Side 379 - ... strong gripe by the cord that tied my hands, he with many oaths threatened to kill me immediately if I would not be quiet ; the villains around me had their pieces cocked and bayonets fixed.
Side 228 - A sight of this territory can alone convey any adequate idea of its surprising produce : it is truly the Eden of the East, rejoicing in the abundance of its wealth.
Side 45 - I was informed, however, that this appearance of weakness did not proceed from any bodily infirmity, but from the weight of the regal habiliments in which he was clad ; and if what we were told was true, that he carried on his dress fifteen viss, upwards of fifty pounds avoirdupois of gold, his difficulty of ascent was not surprising.