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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Side 97
... turned away from the wretched man , and my eye shrunk from the sight which again met it . Lying on his back in a pool of blood , the mus- cular frame of a man whom I well knew was stretched , horribly mutilated . A ball had en- tered ...
... turned away from the wretched man , and my eye shrunk from the sight which again met it . Lying on his back in a pool of blood , the mus- cular frame of a man whom I well knew was stretched , horribly mutilated . A ball had en- tered ...
Side 100
... turned back , and was seen swimming near the vessel . Woolfe , one of the convicts , immediately jumped into the boat along side , and saved him . While this was the state of things above , the soldiers had forced their way into the ...
... turned back , and was seen swimming near the vessel . Woolfe , one of the convicts , immediately jumped into the boat along side , and saved him . While this was the state of things above , the soldiers had forced their way into the ...
Side 117
... to be forgiven . The evening was dark and wet , and as he entered the court in which his friends lived , his heart failed him , and he turned back ; but , unable to resist the impulse , he again SCENES AT NORFOLK ISLAND . 117.
... to be forgiven . The evening was dark and wet , and as he entered the court in which his friends lived , his heart failed him , and he turned back ; but , unable to resist the impulse , he again SCENES AT NORFOLK ISLAND . 117.
Side 118
... turned , and stole under the window of the room . A rent in the narrow curtain enabled him to see within . His mother sat by the fire , and her countenance was so sad , that he was sure she thought of him ; but the room looked so com ...
... turned , and stole under the window of the room . A rent in the narrow curtain enabled him to see within . His mother sat by the fire , and her countenance was so sad , that he was sure she thought of him ; but the room looked so com ...
Side 166
... turned and told us they had seen two Arab tents upon a slightly - rising ground . We instantly di- rected our steps thither . We had to pass great downs of sand , very slippery , and arrived in a large plain , streaked here and there ...
... turned and told us they had seen two Arab tents upon a slightly - rising ground . We instantly di- rected our steps thither . We had to pass great downs of sand , very slippery , and arrived in a large plain , streaked here and there ...
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adventures afterward Alexander Selkirk allowed appeared arrived attempt Auldjo became Blackfeet boat bread brig brought buffalo called Captain Cinque Ports coast commanded companions crew Dampier danger death deck distance door endeavored escape father feet felt fire frigate gave governor grizzly bear hands heard hight hope horses Indians island Italy jailer Juan Fernandez land Lavalette length looked Maroncelli Medusa ment Milan miles mind Mont Blanc morning mountains mutineers natives never night Norfolk Island o'clock officers party passed Pellico person pinnace Pitcairn's Island poor prison provisions raft reached received remained returned river rope sail sailors says scarcely schooner secondini seemed seized Selkirk Senegal sent ship shore side sight Silvio Pellico situation soon Stradling suffered thing thought tion Tofoa took Townsend travelers Tude vessel voyage whole William Funnel wind wine wounded yawl