Narrative of a Voyage, in His Majesty's Late Ship Alceste: To the Yellow Sea, Along the Coast of Corea, and Through Its Numerous Hitherto Undiscovered Islands, to the Island of Lewchew; with an Account of Her Shipwreck in the Straits of GasparM. Carey and Son, 1818 - 224 ページ |
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... America . Our stay here was only twelve hours , and , in the evening , we pursued our course to the south - westward . The weather becoming hourly warmer , our people , who had been badly clothed , and had suffered a good deal from the ...
... America . Our stay here was only twelve hours , and , in the evening , we pursued our course to the south - westward . The weather becoming hourly warmer , our people , who had been badly clothed , and had suffered a good deal from the ...
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... American shore on the 31st of March , steering south - easterly until we got from 36 ° to 39o south , where we found the prevailing westerly winds . Keeping in the usual track for ships crossing the Southern Atlantic , we passed the ...
... American shore on the 31st of March , steering south - easterly until we got from 36 ° to 39o south , where we found the prevailing westerly winds . Keeping in the usual track for ships crossing the Southern Atlantic , we passed the ...
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... American consul , and all the India- men , who were very numerous , with their respec- tive flags , the captains and officers in full dress , and the boats ' crew in uniform clothing , proceed- ed some miles up the river , where they ...
... American consul , and all the India- men , who were very numerous , with their respec- tive flags , the captains and officers in full dress , and the boats ' crew in uniform clothing , proceed- ed some miles up the river , where they ...
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... America have not admitted of the government es- sentially directing its attention to the Philippines , which resemble the estates of those great lords whose lands lie uncultivated , though capable of making the fortunes of many families ...
... America have not admitted of the government es- sentially directing its attention to the Philippines , which resemble the estates of those great lords whose lands lie uncultivated , though capable of making the fortunes of many families ...
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... Americans , and the Portuguese of Goa . The governor is invested with the most despotic authority ; and the audiencia , which ought to moderate his power , is totally impotent before the representative of the Spanish government . point ...
... Americans , and the Portuguese of Goa . The governor is invested with the most despotic authority ; and the audiencia , which ought to moderate his power , is totally impotent before the representative of the Spanish government . point ...
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8 ページ - Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his seat As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds, To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus, And witch the world with noble horsemanship.
68 ページ - The island of Lewchew i.tself is situate in the happiest climate of the globe. — Refreshed by the seabreezes, which, from its geographical position, blow over it at every period of the year, it is free from the extremes of heat and cold, which oppress many other countries ; whilst from the general configuration of the land, being more adapted to the production of. rivers and...
5 ページ - The TRAVELLER'S DIRECTORY ; or, A POCKET COMPANION. Shewing the course of the Main Road from Philadelphia to New York, and from Philadelphia to Washington, with descriptions of the places through which it passes, and the intersections of the cross roads.
149 ページ - That part of the island we had landed on was a narrow ridge, not above musket-shot across, bounded on one side by the sea, and on the other by a creek, extending upwards of a mile inland, and nearly communicating with the sea at its head.
211 ページ - Having maturely and deliberately weighed and considered the whole, the court is of opinion, that the loss of his majesty's late ship Alceste was caused by her striking on a sunken rock, until then unknown in the straits of Caspar.
29 ページ - E. on the coast of Corea. The natives here exhibited, by signs and gestures, the greatest aversion to the landing of a party from the ships, making cut-throat motions by drawing their hands across their necks, and pushing the boats away from the beach ; but they offered no serious violence.
17 ページ - to elevate and surprize," it must make amends by displaying depth of knowledge and dexterity of execution. We, therefore, bestow no mean compliment upon the author of Emma, when we say that, keeping close to common incidents, and to such characters as occupy the ordinary walks of life, she has produced sketches of such spirit and originality, that we never miss the excitation which depends upon a narrative of uncommon events, arising from the consideration of minds, manners, and sentiments, greatly...
165 ページ - They cannot, I believe, send up more than five hundred men ; but with two hundred such as now stand around me, I do not fear a thousand — nay, fifteen hundred of them. I have the fullest confidence we shall beat them.
198 ページ - ... was encircled in an instant in his horrid folds. So quick, indeed, and so instantaneous was the act, that it was impossible for the eye to follow the rapid convolution of his elongated body. It was not a regular screw-like turn that was formed, but resembling rather a knot, one part of the body overlaying the other, as if to add weight to the muscular pressure, the more effectually to crush his object.
153 ページ - Sunday morning, (23d,) the boats were sent to the still-smoking wreck, and some flour, a few cases of wine, and a cask of beer, had floated up. This last Godsend was announced just at the conclusion of divine service, which was this morning held in the mess-tent, and a pint was ordered to be immediately served out to each man, which called forth three cheers. This seems to be the only style in which a British seaman can give vent to the warmer feelings of his heart, It is his mode of...