The Romance of an Old Time ShipmasterOuting Publishing Company, 1907 - 218 من الصفحات |
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... probably if we never endured the one , we should not so richly enjoy the other . Sunday , June 16th . For several days past we have been constantly struggling with a head wind and heavy Sea , which has sent us much out of our course to ...
... probably if we never endured the one , we should not so richly enjoy the other . Sunday , June 16th . For several days past we have been constantly struggling with a head wind and heavy Sea , which has sent us much out of our course to ...
الصفحة 36
... probably would appear so to many others . I however never intend to neglect the practice of any Duty for fear of appearing singular - and if the worship of the Deity is a duty it surely does not cease to be so because we are at Sea ...
... probably would appear so to many others . I however never intend to neglect the practice of any Duty for fear of appearing singular - and if the worship of the Deity is a duty it surely does not cease to be so because we are at Sea ...
الصفحة 52
... probably lost several days . Dropt anchor at Sea - all alive and that's all . Wednesday , Jany . 29th , 1800. I quitted my journal with an aching head and throbbing heart , and now I renew it , if possible , in a more distressing ...
... probably lost several days . Dropt anchor at Sea - all alive and that's all . Wednesday , Jany . 29th , 1800. I quitted my journal with an aching head and throbbing heart , and now I renew it , if possible , in a more distressing ...
الصفحة 57
... myself too weak to stir much . Next day James Lawton who came from * Of these 200 souls , probably 180 were slaves . Watling's Island or San Salvador . Goree with me , took passage in a small Schooner OLD TIME SHIPMASTER 57.
... myself too weak to stir much . Next day James Lawton who came from * Of these 200 souls , probably 180 were slaves . Watling's Island or San Salvador . Goree with me , took passage in a small Schooner OLD TIME SHIPMASTER 57.
الصفحة 64
... probably , ere this , seen the return of Capt . Monroe and had the pleasure of again seeing a smile brighten the countenance of your good sister - perhaps you have visited Boston , and been happy in the society of your 64 THE ROMANCE OF AN.
... probably , ere this , seen the return of Capt . Monroe and had the pleasure of again seeing a smile brighten the countenance of your good sister - perhaps you have visited Boston , and been happy in the society of your 64 THE ROMANCE OF AN.
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absent Adieu American anchor anchor'd Antwerp anxiety arrived attention Augt babe Baracoa Beata Island bless bound breeze Bristol calm Cape Cape Francois Cape Verd Capt Captain Russell cargo Charlotta child coast continually Copenhagen Cowa dear Ann DEAR FRIEND dear little dear Nancy DEAREST FRIEND Deck Decr delightful DeWolf duty expect Father Dennis fear Feby feel gale Gambia girl happy Havana hear heart Helvoetsluys hope Island J. W. RUSSELL Jamaica land letters little Betsey lov'd miles Molasses morning Mosher Nancy Smith never Newport Novr once passage pleasant pleasure port PORT ANTONIO Prize Master rain rejoice Rhode Island river sail Saturday scenes Schooner Senegal ship shore sick situation Slave Trade slaves sloop smile society soon Sunday sweet friend thought tion to-day trust Tuesday vessell voyage weather West Indies wish write wrote yesterday
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الصفحة 58 - Let others fear, to me more dear Than all the pride of May : The tempest's howl, it soothes my soul, My griefs it seems to join ; The leafless trees my fancy please, Their fate resembles mine ! Thou Pow'r Supreme, whose mighty scheme These woes of mine fulfil, Here, firm, I rest, they must be best, Because they are Thy will...
الصفحة 53 - When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone ? And I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
الصفحة 37 - Father William replied, I remember'd that youth would fly fast, And abused not my health and my vigour at first, That I never might need them at last. You are old, Father William...
الصفحة 181 - The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook. Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
الصفحة 37 - You are old, Father William," the young man cried, "And pleasures with youth pass away; And yet you lament not the days that are gone: Now tell me the reason, I pray.
الصفحة 169 - We'll form their minds, with studious care, To all that's manly, good, and fair, And train them for the skies. While they our wisest hours engage, They'll joy our youth, support our age...
الصفحة 37 - Father William replied, I remember'd that youth could not last ; I thought of the future whatever I did, That I never might grieve for the past. You are old, Father William, the young man cried, And life must be hastening away ; You are cheerful, and love to converse upon death ! Now tell me the reason I pray.
الصفحة 42 - ... sea within its limits, and its contour, as a whole, is that of a mighty gulf; but there is neither bay nor inlet throughout its whole extent that forms a good harbor for shipping. And the off-shore islands, too, are few in number and small in extent. The land at the beach is almost everywhere low, though hills and mountains may be seen, flooded with a dreamy haze, in the distance.
الصفحة 29 - We ought to go farther than has yet been proposed, and repeal the bills in question altogether, for why should we see Great Britain getting all the slave trade to themselves; why may not our country be enriched by that lucrative traffic?