 | John Livingston Lowes - 1927 - 694 sider
...philosophy of this.' 'When they were forcing me out of the ship,' wrote Bligh, 'I asked him [Christian], if this treatment was a proper return for the many...is the thing; — I am in hell — I am in hell."' "7 The adventures of Christian the mutineer, as Coleridge conceived them, may well have been, like... | |
 | P. J. Van Der Voort - 1972 - 198 sider
...Matthew Quintal, one of the seamen, with two dozen lashes, for insolence and mutinous behaviour. 1 I asked him if this treatment was a proper return...emotion, "That, Captain Bligh, that is the thing; I am in hell—I am in hell". 2 Beechey's Narrative: Adams was shot through the body, the ball entering at... | |
 | Angus Calder - 1989 - 202 sider
...upbraids him, reminding him of the kindnesses which he has shown him. To which Christian replies, ' "That, - Captain Bligh, - that is the thing; - I am in hell - I am in hell." '8 As for the twenty-five men left aboard, some were clearly reluctant to stay. Bligh is surprisingly... | |
 | Philip Edwards - 1994 - 272 sider
...to him.) It is significant that the context of Fletcher Christian's cry was a demand for gratitude. I asked him, if this treatment was a proper return...that is the thing; - I am in hell - I am in hell'. Bligh, A Narrative of the Mutiny, 8. Bligh showed his littleness by sheltering behind the terrifying... | |
 | William Bligh, Edward Christian - 2001 - 290 sider
...to the Captain. In the Narrative, p. 8 [page 10 in this edition], there is this memorable paragraph: Notwithstanding the roughness with which I was treated,...that is the thing; I am in hell — I am in hell." In Mr. PurcelPs evidence before the Court, this conversation is sworn to thus: "Captain Bligh attempted... | |
 | Timothy Latham - 2005 - 249 sider
...of Tofua that 26-yearold Fletcher Christian shouted his immortalised words (as recorded by Bligh): 'That — Captain Bligh — that is the thing — I am in hell — I am in hell.' The opening act of what would become the Pitcairn people's story was full of confusion, panic and desperation.... | |
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Notwithstanding the roughness with which I was treated, the remembrance of past kindnesses produced some signs of remorse in Christian. When they were forcing me out of the ship, I asked him if this treatment was a proper return for the many instances... 
