The Romance of an Old Time ShipmasterOuting Publishing Company, 1907 - 218 من الصفحات |
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... town of Winsted , Conn . , in the General Assembly of 1801 . The seafaring descendant of these pioneers of godly lives and worthy deeds proved himself in every way worthy of the name he bore , incongruous as this may sound to modern ...
... town of Winsted , Conn . , in the General Assembly of 1801 . The seafaring descendant of these pioneers of godly lives and worthy deeds proved himself in every way worthy of the name he bore , incongruous as this may sound to modern ...
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... town and Harbour of Nassau several miles to windward of us . By this time the Main Mast work'd so badly that we could carry no sail at all on it - expecting every minute it would go over the side . In this situation we were obliged to ...
... town and Harbour of Nassau several miles to windward of us . By this time the Main Mast work'd so badly that we could carry no sail at all on it - expecting every minute it would go over the side . In this situation we were obliged to ...
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... town - the romantic scenes around it - and the variety of pleasing prospects which the adjacent country affords - all furnish an inexhaustible fund of amusement for a contemplative mind . And the agreeable circle with whom I am on terms ...
... town - the romantic scenes around it - and the variety of pleasing prospects which the adjacent country affords - all furnish an inexhaustible fund of amusement for a contemplative mind . And the agreeable circle with whom I am on terms ...
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... Town of Bristol , " for instance , the method of conducting the business is described : 66 The early employment of distilleries shows that the people of Bristol must soon have ceased to draw their slaves from the West Indies . Nearly ...
... Town of Bristol , " for instance , the method of conducting the business is described : 66 The early employment of distilleries shows that the people of Bristol must soon have ceased to draw their slaves from the West Indies . Nearly ...
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... town , I went to his seat in Roxbury— dined there and in the afternoon returned . Boston , Monday , Octor . 21st . At 5 A.M. hauled in to Long - wharf - but being ebb tide could not get to our place of discharge . Entered at the Custom ...
... town , I went to his seat in Roxbury— dined there and in the afternoon returned . Boston , Monday , Octor . 21st . At 5 A.M. hauled in to Long - wharf - but being ebb tide could not get to our place of discharge . Entered at the Custom ...
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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?