The South-west, Volume 1Harper & brothers, 1835 - American literature |
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Page vii
... sailing - Leave - takings— Sheet home - Under weigh . II . Page 13 A tar's headway on land - A gentleman's at sea - An agreeable trio - Musical sounds - Helmsman - Supper Steward — A truism— Helmsman's cry - Effect - Cases for bipeds ...
... sailing - Leave - takings— Sheet home - Under weigh . II . Page 13 A tar's headway on land - A gentleman's at sea - An agreeable trio - Musical sounds - Helmsman - Supper Steward — A truism— Helmsman's cry - Effect - Cases for bipeds ...
Page 13
... sailing - Under weigh . To be a " Cabin passenger " fifteen or twenty days out , in a Yankee merchantman , is to be in a state as nearly resembling that of a half - assoilzied soul in purgatory , as flesh and blood can well be placed in ...
... sailing - Under weigh . To be a " Cabin passenger " fifteen or twenty days out , in a Yankee merchantman , is to be in a state as nearly resembling that of a half - assoilzied soul in purgatory , as flesh and blood can well be placed in ...
Page 15
... talk to the helmsman , or , now and then , desperately venture up through the " lubber's hole " to look for land a hundred leagues in mid ocean , or , cry " sail ho ! " as the snowy mane 16 READING LIKE PHYSIC . of a distant wave ,
... talk to the helmsman , or , now and then , desperately venture up through the " lubber's hole " to look for land a hundred leagues in mid ocean , or , cry " sail ho ! " as the snowy mane 16 READING LIKE PHYSIC . of a distant wave ,
Page 17
... sails , with whose patches he has become as familiar as with the excrescences and other innocent defects upon the visages of his fellow - sufferers . On leaving port , I commenced a journal , or rather , as I am in a nautical atmosphere ...
... sails , with whose patches he has become as familiar as with the excrescences and other innocent defects upon the visages of his fellow - sufferers . On leaving port , I commenced a journal , or rather , as I am in a nautical atmosphere ...
Page 18
... predict for them . Unfavourable winds had detained our ship several days , and all who had taken passage were on the tiptoe of expectation " for the signal for sailing . 66 UNCHANGEABLE WEATHERCOCKS . 19 Trunks , boxes , chests ,
... predict for them . Unfavourable winds had detained our ship several days , and all who had taken passage were on the tiptoe of expectation " for the signal for sailing . 66 UNCHANGEABLE WEATHERCOCKS . 19 Trunks , boxes , chests ,
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