Sir Edward Seward's Narrative of His Shipwreck: And Consequent Discovery of Certain Islands in the Caribbean Sea: with a Detail of Many Extraordinary and Highly Interesting Events in His Life, from the Year 1733 to 1749, as Written in His Own Diary, Volume 1Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1831 - Caribbean Area |
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... captain's story . They reconnoitre the Spaniard – fear an attack . A night rencontre with an armed boat from the guarda costa.- Two Bermudian blacks taken . Seaward secures his treasure talks with the Virginian captain concerning a ...
... captain's story . They reconnoitre the Spaniard – fear an attack . A night rencontre with an armed boat from the guarda costa.- Two Bermudian blacks taken . Seaward secures his treasure talks with the Virginian captain concerning a ...
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... captain was in bad humour ; so that we were far from comfortable : but the wind changed again , and with it returned our lively sense of present happiness , if I may so express it . Such are the events that modify earthly enjoyment . In ...
... captain was in bad humour ; so that we were far from comfortable : but the wind changed again , and with it returned our lively sense of present happiness , if I may so express it . Such are the events that modify earthly enjoyment . In ...
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... captain determined to sail the next day , viz . , Sunday the 23d , on which holy day , for some fanciful reason or superstition , sailors like to put to sea . By Mr. Dickinson's advice , I was to buy two or three goats ; and as many ...
... captain determined to sail the next day , viz . , Sunday the 23d , on which holy day , for some fanciful reason or superstition , sailors like to put to sea . By Mr. Dickinson's advice , I was to buy two or three goats ; and as many ...
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... captain saw , he exclaimed , " What are we to do with all this ? we shall be only five or six days on the passage . ” — “ It is stock , captain , for St. George's Key , " I replied , " where I shall be happy to see you take some of it ...
... captain saw , he exclaimed , " What are we to do with all this ? we shall be only five or six days on the passage . ” — “ It is stock , captain , for St. George's Key , " I replied , " where I shall be happy to see you take some of it ...
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... captain's obstinacy , or fate , not to do so . In the evening we were becalmed , Portland Point being just discoverable from deck ; and during the night we made little or no way through the water . About three o'clock in the morning ...
... captain's obstinacy , or fate , not to do so . In the evening we were becalmed , Portland Point being just discoverable from deck ; and during the night we made little or no way through the water . About three o'clock in the morning ...
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