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 89
... wind sweeping through the chasm with tremendous violence , the pelting showers of hail , accompanied by the most vivid lightning , and peals of thunder , alternating with a perfect calm , were enough to appall the bravest of the party ...
... wind sweeping through the chasm with tremendous violence , the pelting showers of hail , accompanied by the most vivid lightning , and peals of thunder , alternating with a perfect calm , were enough to appall the bravest of the party ...
Side 93
... winds , and never in gales , which are fre- quent in this part of the globe . Its general unsuitableness , however , for ordinary coloniza- tion was considered to adapt it as a penal settle- ment , subordinate to New South Wales , and ...
... winds , and never in gales , which are fre- quent in this part of the globe . Its general unsuitableness , however , for ordinary coloniza- tion was considered to adapt it as a penal settle- ment , subordinate to New South Wales , and ...
Side 142
... several days together ; at length , from the changeableness of the wind , they were separated , each pursuing its course alone , and the Echo only keeping in sight of the Medusa , as if to guide it on its 142 FIRESIDE READING .
... several days together ; at length , from the changeableness of the wind , they were separated , each pursuing its course alone , and the Echo only keeping in sight of the Medusa , as if to guide it on its 142 FIRESIDE READING .
Side 146
... wind , blowing with violence , impelled the vessel nearer the danger which menaced it . Between two and three o ... wind . It was too late . The lead was again cast , and showed only six fathoms . The captain , now thoroughly terrified ...
... wind , blowing with violence , impelled the vessel nearer the danger which menaced it . Between two and three o ... wind . It was too late . The lead was again cast , and showed only six fathoms . The captain , now thoroughly terrified ...
Side 149
... sky became cloudy , the wind blew strong , and came from the sea , causing a great swell of the waves . The vessel now began to heel with vio- lence , and it was every moment expected to see SHIPWRECK OF THE MEDUSA . 149.
... sky became cloudy , the wind blew strong , and came from the sea , causing a great swell of the waves . The vessel now began to heel with vio- lence , and it was every moment expected to see SHIPWRECK OF THE MEDUSA . 149.
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