Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on RecordDavis Wasgatt Clark A. Poe & L. Hitchcock, 1864 - 416 sider |
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... seized them , and they were maddened by it . Within a few minutes they were all on deck ; and one of the leaders rushing at the sentry nearest to him , endeavored to wrest from him his pistols , one of which had flashed in the pan as he ...
... seized them , and they were maddened by it . Within a few minutes they were all on deck ; and one of the leaders rushing at the sentry nearest to him , endeavored to wrest from him his pistols , one of which had flashed in the pan as he ...
Side 102
... which he had been engaged . In some , sullenness had succeeded to reckless daring , and exultation to alarm in others . Nothing could have been more desperate than such an attempt to seize the vessel . The most 102 FIRESIDE READING .
... which he had been engaged . In some , sullenness had succeeded to reckless daring , and exultation to alarm in others . Nothing could have been more desperate than such an attempt to seize the vessel . The most 102 FIRESIDE READING .
Side 103
... seize the vessel . The most culpable neglect could alone have encouraged it ; and it is difficult to conceive how it could have succeeded , if any thing like a proper stand had been made by those in charge of her when it commenced . The ...
... seize the vessel . The most culpable neglect could alone have encouraged it ; and it is difficult to conceive how it could have succeeded , if any thing like a proper stand had been made by those in charge of her when it commenced . The ...
Side 104
... seize the brig ; but most solemnly denied any knowledge of a preconcerted plan to take her ; or that they , at least , had attempted to throw the sol- diers overboard . They were unwilling to be in- terrupted 104 READING . FIRESIDE.
... seize the brig ; but most solemnly denied any knowledge of a preconcerted plan to take her ; or that they , at least , had attempted to throw the sol- diers overboard . They were unwilling to be in- terrupted 104 READING . FIRESIDE.
Side 107
... seized a whale- boat , effected their escape . During three months they underwent the most extreme hard- ships from ... seize the fish ; his leg was caught by one of the others , and they succeeded in saving both man and hook . They ...
... seized a whale- boat , effected their escape . During three months they underwent the most extreme hard- ships from ... seize the fish ; his leg was caught by one of the others , and they succeeded in saving both man and hook . They ...
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