Travels of Four Years and a Half in the United States of America: During 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, and 1802T. Ostell, 1803 - 454 páginas |
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... wind which we experienced caused the sea to break over the vessel , the cabin - boy solicited leave to dress his dinner on our fire . In relating these circumstances , I must claim the indulgence of the reader not to rank me among the ...
... wind which we experienced caused the sea to break over the vessel , the cabin - boy solicited leave to dress his dinner on our fire . In relating these circumstances , I must claim the indulgence of the reader not to rank me among the ...
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... wind being favourable on getting under weigh , we profited from the occasion by shaking out the reefs , and shewing all our can- vass to the breeze . The old housekeeper , the very type of Dame Leonarda in Gil Blas , was the first among ...
... wind being favourable on getting under weigh , we profited from the occasion by shaking out the reefs , and shewing all our can- vass to the breeze . The old housekeeper , the very type of Dame Leonarda in Gil Blas , was the first among ...
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... wind that blows nobody any good . The sailors made the fowls into an huge sea - pye of three decks , which they ... winds constantly prevailed , and scarcely a week elapsed without our lying - to more than once . To 12.
... wind that blows nobody any good . The sailors made the fowls into an huge sea - pye of three decks , which they ... winds constantly prevailed , and scarcely a week elapsed without our lying - to more than once . To 12.
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... wind , there was no other alternative but to mend it ; and when , after being out six weeks , we had sprung our fore top mast , we were compelled to reef it . The same day , I remember , we fell in with a schooner from New York , which ...
... wind , there was no other alternative but to mend it ; and when , after being out six weeks , we had sprung our fore top mast , we were compelled to reef it . The same day , I remember , we fell in with a schooner from New York , which ...
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... wind . The skipper had contracted these habits during the American war , when he commanded a small privateer ; and he could not in his old age re- claim the foibles of his youth . swered the fellow . 66 As we increased our longitude ...
... wind . The skipper had contracted these habits during the American war , when he commanded a small privateer ; and he could not in his old age re- claim the foibles of his youth . swered the fellow . 66 As we increased our longitude ...
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