The Real America in Romance: With Reading Courses, Being a Complete and Authentic History of America from the Time of Columbus to the Present Day, Volume 3Wm. H. Wise, 1908 |
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Page 54 - They shall put you out of the synagogues : yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
Page 42 - Reasin (who was always ready to expose himself), with an ax in his hand, ran up with speed to prevent that evil, hoping thereby to ease the mainmast and preserve it. But the danger of his person in the...
Page 298 - It advanced, at the same time, swiftly and gracefully, leaving behind it a glittering track. By degrees the sun disappeared behind the western horizon ; but, as though to prove the truth of the fanciful ideas in heathen mythology, its indiscreet rays reappeared on the summit of each wave, seeming to reveal that the god of fire had just enfolded himself in the bosom of Amphitrite, who in vain endeavoured to hide her lover beneath her azure mantle.
Page 151 - I wish it would clear up, but I doubt it much. I was once in a hurricane in the East Indies, and the beginning of it had much the same appearance as this. So take in the topsails; we have plenty of sea-room.
Page 39 - The mountainous towring north-west seas that this storm made, were so unruly, that the seamen knew not how to work the ship about. We were already at a great distance from land, and something must be done to hinder our running off at that excessive rate. The first thing they did, was to lower the mainyard, to give some ease to that mast, by laying it on the ship's waste.
Page 119 - Morrels, departed, murmuring as he went these lines of Pindar, " Youth is a flower, of which love is the fruit ; happy is he, who after having watched its silent growth, is permitted to gather and call it his own.
Page 38 - Estevan was something of a sailor, and, having been reared in the West Indies, was familiar with hurricanes. Scarcely had they been under way an hour when a gale sprang up which rapidly increased to a violent storm, separating them from the land at the rate of eight leagues a watch, merely .with their fore-courses, insomuch that the master thought it necessary to stop that career, and, on consulting with his officers, brought the ship about and tried to furl up sails in order to make headway with...
Page 222 - ... of ecstasy. He laid every action of his life before the Almighty, proposed tasks to accomplish, and at the end of every prayer introduced the entreaty oftener addressed to man than to God, " Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us.
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Page 152 - ... came on board of us. I took notice of some, which happening to be to leeward, turned to windward, like a ship, tack and tack ; for they could not fly against it. When they came over the ship they dashed themselves down upon the deck, without attempting to stir till picked up, and when let go again, they would not leave the ship, but endeavored to hide themselves from the wind. At eight o'clock a hurricane ; the sea roaring, but the wind still steady to a point ; did not ship a spoonful of water.