The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 15J. Cumberland, 1826 |
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Pagina 8
... Cape of Good Hope . The ship then stood on its course , until two or three hours after sunset , when the captain supposing himself beyond the land that had been descried , steered more northerly . The weather was clear , and the moon ...
... Cape of Good Hope . The ship then stood on its course , until two or three hours after sunset , when the captain supposing himself beyond the land that had been descried , steered more northerly . The weather was clear , and the moon ...
Pagina 10
... Cape , was lost through a fraud , which he thus philosophically relates : " I entrusted it , " he says , " to a Portuguese , who had testified great friendship for me , telling him it was at his command , provided he would give me some ...
... Cape , was lost through a fraud , which he thus philosophically relates : " I entrusted it , " he says , " to a Portuguese , who had testified great friendship for me , telling him it was at his command , provided he would give me some ...
Pagina 11
... Cape , there was no sign of their being near it ; and want in all its craving forms had already begun to prey upon them . The first ambassador of the Siamese assembling his countrymen , told them that he found himself so weak and ...
... Cape , there was no sign of their being near it ; and want in all its craving forms had already begun to prey upon them . The first ambassador of the Siamese assembling his countrymen , told them that he found himself so weak and ...
Pagina 13
... Cape of Good Hope , he , to whom they were last entrusted , must bury them on some eminence if he can , so that they may not be exposed to insult ; and then he may die before them , testifying as much respect in death , as he was bound ...
... Cape of Good Hope , he , to whom they were last entrusted , must bury them on some eminence if he can , so that they may not be exposed to insult ; and then he may die before them , testifying as much respect in death , as he was bound ...
Pagina 14
... Cape of Good Hope , where the kind treatment they received , went far to make them forget their misfortunes . One of the first requests they made to the Governor was , to send immediate aid to the first ambassador , whom they had left ...
... Cape of Good Hope , where the kind treatment they received , went far to make them forget their misfortunes . One of the first requests they made to the Governor was , to send immediate aid to the first ambassador , whom they had left ...
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afterwards Algiers appearance Arabs arms arrived ashore Bedouin began boat Bruce camels Cape Captain carried cask chief mate clothes coast companions crew danger death deck desert despair distress dreadful duchess Duchess of Kingston East Indiaman EDWARD DANIEL CLARKE endeavoured England English escaped fatigue feet fell fire four frigate gave hands honour hope horse hundred immediately island journey king lady land length Lieutenant Lord Monboddo Madagascar mast mate miles misfortune Mogadore morning mountains mules natives negro night o'clock officers party passed perished Persia persons pieces pinnace poor Port Jackson Portuguese prince procured provisions raft Ramillies reached remained returned rock safety sailed saved says scarcely Scarnafigi seamen seized sent servant ship shipwreck shore soon struck sufferings Thomas Coryate told took town travellers vessel voyage whole wind wine wreck wretched yawl
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Pagina 123 - I ran it through, even from my boyish days To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...
Pagina 42 - Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.
Pagina 176 - After the exertion of entering into such a place, through a passage of fifty, a hundred, three hundred, or perhaps six hundred yards, nearly overcome, I sought a...
Pagina 177 - I sunk altogether among the broken mummies, with a crash of bones, rags, and wooden cases, which raised such a dust as kept me motionless for a quarter of an hour, waiting till it subsided again.
Pagina 158 - ... subsistence. I passed among the harmless peasants of Flanders, and among such of the French as were poor enough to be very merry ; for I ever found them sprightly in proportion to their wants. Whenever I approached a peasant's house towards nightfall, I played one of my most merry tunes, and that procured me not only a lodging, but subsistence for the next day.
Pagina 3 - Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell — Then shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave — Then some leaped overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawned around her, like a hell, And down she sucked with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples with his enemy, And strives to strangle him before he die.
Pagina 32 - ... death, I think, rather than to have exposed my folly ; •• and I pressed forward. " When I arrived at Newcastle, I felt tired of my long "journey, and found that it was indeed hard to live on " the benevolence of others : I therefore resolved to proceed " to London by water ; for I did not want to travel in my own •' country, but on the continent. " I accordingly embarked in a collier at North Shields, " and sailed for London. On the third night of the voyage " we were in danger of being...
Pagina 15 - The captain watched with the most intense anxiety over his safety; on the wreck of the ship, and during the march to the Cape, he caused him to be carried by his slaves. At length all the slaves having perished, or being so weak that they could not drag themselves along, this poor youth was obliged to trust to his own strength ; but became so reduced and feeble, that having laid him down to rest on a rock, he. was unable to rise again. His limbs were stiff and swollen, and he lay stretched at length,...
Pagina 172 - Who then will say, he has, like me, travelled it twice ! Old people are much inclined to accuse youth of their follies; but on this head silence will become me, lest I should be asked, ' What can exceed the folly of that man, who, at seventy-eight, walked six hundred miles to see a shattered Wall!
Pagina 152 - Dire was the tossing, deep the groans; Despair Tended the sick, busiest from couch to couch; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delayed to strike, though oft invoked With vows, as their chief good and final hope.