The United Service Journal, Part 3H. Colburn, 1837 |
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... sail , besides several periagos , rowing with twelve or fourteen oars a - piece . Six sail were large ships ; the Admiral , 48 guns , 450 men ; the Vice - Admiral , 40 guns , 400 men ; the Rear - Admiral , 36 guns , 360 men ; a ship of ...
... sail , besides several periagos , rowing with twelve or fourteen oars a - piece . Six sail were large ships ; the Admiral , 48 guns , 450 men ; the Vice - Admiral , 40 guns , 400 men ; the Rear - Admiral , 36 guns , 360 men ; a ship of ...
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... sail . There was no alternative for the Rovers but to make off , and a running skirmish was maintained till the evening , when , having been chased completely round the bay of Panama , they anchored at the very place they had quitted in ...
... sail . There was no alternative for the Rovers but to make off , and a running skirmish was maintained till the evening , when , having been chased completely round the bay of Panama , they anchored at the very place they had quitted in ...
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... sail , when they retired to rest . They reposed great confidence in the natives , it being Dampier's opinion that kindness and prudence will do every- thing among savages , and a stranger , he thinks , may insinuate himself among them ...
... sail , when they retired to rest . They reposed great confidence in the natives , it being Dampier's opinion that kindness and prudence will do every- thing among savages , and a stranger , he thinks , may insinuate himself among them ...
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... sailing through a mackerel sky ) , slipped my moorings , and made sail in sedan cab , with a cherub aloft right before it , down Oxford - street and Holborn , nine knots ; brought up at the Custom - house stairs , and was instantly ...
... sailing through a mackerel sky ) , slipped my moorings , and made sail in sedan cab , with a cherub aloft right before it , down Oxford - street and Holborn , nine knots ; brought up at the Custom - house stairs , and was instantly ...
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... sails of a great many homeward - bound ships beating up outside the sands ; but on leaving the Longnose reef , off the ... sail , and smooth water ( in Jack's acceptation of the term ) : but a steam- boat has a double motion ; the most ...
... sails of a great many homeward - bound ships beating up outside the sands ; but on leaving the Longnose reef , off the ... sail , and smooth water ( in Jack's acceptation of the term ) : but a steam- boat has a double motion ; the most ...
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Page 300 - his name was Alexander Selkirk, a Scotchman, who had been master of the " Cinque Ports," a ship that came here last with Captain Dampier, who told me that this was the best man in her ; so I immediately agreed with him to be a mate on board our ship.
Page 9 - Ah ! Dampier, you would have made them but a poor meal ; " for I was as lean as the captain was lusty and fleshy.
Page 299 - Cast on the wildest of the Cyclad Isles, Where never human foot had mark'd the shore, These ruffians left me — Yet believe me, Areas, Such is the rooted love we bear mankind, All ruffians as they were, I never heard A sound so dismal as their parting oars.
Page 546 - The least sanguine people here expect, the latter end of this month or the beginning of the next, to have the account of the taking of Cape Breton, and of all the forts with hard names in North America. Captain...
Page 147 - ... evidence, the assertion of the official Gazette of the same year notified his being among the quick. In Number 3906 is the following statement : — " St. James's, April 18th, Captain William Dampier being prepared to depart on another voyage to the West Indies, had the honour to kiss her Majesty's hand on Friday last, being introduced by his Royal Highness the Lord High Admiral.
Page 270 - The pulsations of the air, once set in motion by the human voice, cease not to exist with the sounds to which they gave rise.
Page 324 - In poundage and drawbacks I lose half my rent, Whatever they give me, I must be content, Or join with the court in every debate; And rather than that, I would lose my estate." Thus ended the Knight; thus began his meek wife: " It must, and it shall be a barrack, my life. I'm grown a mere mopus; no company comes But a rabble of tenants, and rusty dull rums.
Page 324 - But if you will give us a barrack, my dear, The captain, I'm sure, will always come here; I then shall not value his deanship a straw, For the captain, I warrant, will keep him in awe; Or, should he pretend to be brisk and alert, Will tell him that chaplains should not be so pert; That men of his coat should be minding their prayers, And not among ladies to give themselves airs.
Page 299 - Was there ever yet any thing written by mere man that was wished longer by its readers, excepting Don Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, and the Pilgrim's Progress?
Page 156 - Bounds belonging or in any wise appertaining, To have and to hold, all and singular...