Sketches by a sailor; or, Things of earth and things of Heaven, by a commander in the navy |
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Darkness closed in upon us — the darkness of a December's night in the English
Channel . Still we hurried on our way . What mattered it that one could not see his
hand when held up before him ? Throughout the day we could hardly see the ...
Darkness closed in upon us — the darkness of a December's night in the English
Channel . Still we hurried on our way . What mattered it that one could not see his
hand when held up before him ? Throughout the day we could hardly see the ...
Sivu 22
... a heavy gust blew the maintopsail out of the bolt - rope , and the vessel again
fell off the wind with her head in the direction of the English shore ; but as it was
considered we had ample room to drift in that direction , no heed was taken of the
...
... a heavy gust blew the maintopsail out of the bolt - rope , and the vessel again
fell off the wind with her head in the direction of the English shore ; but as it was
considered we had ample room to drift in that direction , no heed was taken of the
...
Sivu 62
Horse - racing has long been a favourite pastime with the English people , and
whatever its natural and inherent evils , whatever the follies and vices engrafted
on it , and which it may be thought by many are fostered by , and inseparable
from ...
Horse - racing has long been a favourite pastime with the English people , and
whatever its natural and inherent evils , whatever the follies and vices engrafted
on it , and which it may be thought by many are fostered by , and inseparable
from ...
Sivu 65
Boxing , once a manly English exercise , calculated to encourage a spirit of rustic
chivalry and love of fair play amongst us , and which had little of danger in it
when practised only by well trained men , and under the surveillance of
competent ...
Boxing , once a manly English exercise , calculated to encourage a spirit of rustic
chivalry and love of fair play amongst us , and which had little of danger in it
when practised only by well trained men , and under the surveillance of
competent ...
Sivu 132
By degrees he relaxed something of his reserve , and led me to infer , rather than
informed me , that he was of a respectable English family , and that he had come
to America with a view of bettering his fortunes . Beyond this , and the fact he ...
By degrees he relaxed something of his reserve , and led me to infer , rather than
informed me , that he was of a respectable English family , and that he had come
to America with a view of bettering his fortunes . Beyond this , and the fact he ...
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Sivu 23 - PORTLOCK.- REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTY of LONDONDERRY, and of Parts of Tyrone and Fermanagh, examined and described under the Authority of the Master-General and Board of Ordnance. By JE PORTLOCK, FRS &c.
Sivu 23 - Rich's Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary and Greek Lexicon ; Forming a Glossary of all the Words representing Visible Objects connected with the Arts, Manufactures, and Every-Day Life of the Ancients. With about 2,000 Woodcuts from the Antique. Post Svo. 21s. Richardson.— Fourteen Years' Experience of Cold Water: Its Uses and Abuses.
Sivu 14 - Kirby and Spence's Introduction to Entomology ; or, Elements of the Natural History of Insects : Comprising an Account of Noxious and Useful Insects, of their Metamorphoses, Food, Stratagems, Habitations, Societies, Motions, Noises, Hybernation, Instinct, &c.
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Sivu 11 - COL. HAWKER'S INSTRUCTIONS to YOUNG SPORTSMEN in all that relates to Guns and Shooting.
Sivu 19 - CONVERSATIONS ON VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY; comprehending" the Elements of Botany, with their application to Agriculture.