Voyages to Various Parts of the World: Made Between the Years 1800 and 1831D. Appleton & Company, 1853 - 273 Seiten |
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Seite 219 - Oh ! ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. I never nursed a dear gazelle. To glad me with its soft black eye, But when it came to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die ! Now too — the joy most like divine Of all I ever dreamt or knew.
Seite 89 - ... occupied three or four days. Captain Wise was a fine, gentlemanly man, and always treated me and my officers with respect and kindness. "We messed in the ward-room. I had a state-room to myself, and was as comfortable and happy as I could be under the circumstances. I used to dine with Capt. Wise almost daily ; he frequently said to me, " Don't feel depressed by captivity, but strive to forget that you are a prisoner, and imagine that you are only a passenger.
Seite 37 - I have the honor to be, with great respect, your most obedient servant, JOHN H. DENT. Hon. WM. JONES, Secretary of the Navy. During the combat, which lasted an hour, the King's packet-ship Princess Charlotte remained a silent spectator of the scene, and as soon as the vessels were disengaged from each other she tacked about and stood to the southward. She had sailed from St. Thomas, bound to England, under convoy, to a certain latitude, of the Dominico.
Seite 43 - ... and the consequent remoteness of certain places from the metropolis, was a natural barrier to the appearance of certain delegates at the sobor. It was for this reason that the cities of Siberia remained without representation. Other places less remote got exemption from the duty of choosing delegates on account of the bad state of the roads and the difficulty and even danger connected with traveling. Some few considered it a great burden, on account of the expense of the journey and the maintenance...
Seite 20 - ... under his left arm was endeavoring to bring one of his big guns to bear on one of the gun-boats, a grapeshot passed through the port and trumpet and entered his chest near his shoulder-blade. The chief mate carried him below and laid him upon a mattress on the cabin floor.
Seite 37 - ... of whom were killed or wounded. She was one of the best equipped and manned vessels of her class I have ever seen. The Decatur mounts...
Seite 257 - ... that in many parts of Africa the negroes were cannibals and extremely indolent; that the different tribes were constantly at war with each other, and if there were no purchases for their prisoners, they would be all put to death; that they were in the lowest state of degradation, and of no service to the world. On the contrary, when they were transported to the West Indies, they soon became civilized and useful to mankind.
Seite 51 - I accordingly gave orders to get the square-sail and studding-sails all ready to run up at the same moment ; and thus when every thing was prepared, the helm was put up and every square-sail set in a moment. The frigate, not dreaming of my running to leeward, was unprepared to chase off' the wind, and I should think it was at least five minutes before he had a studding-sail set : so that I gained about a mile at the commencement of the chase. The wind was light from the ENE and the weather very fine....
Seite 6 - In less than three years, two entire fleets of British men-ofwar were swept from the Lakes. More than fifteen hundred sail of British ships and other vessels were captured. One of our frigates vanquished two frigates of the enemy, one after the other in fair combat, and afterwards encountered at once two of their sloops-of-war with a like result.
Seite 258 - ... islands in large, comfortable ships, and sold to humane and benevolent masters, perhaps in many cases it would be better for the slaves themselves ; but unfortunately, at present, this was not the case — on the contrary, they were crammed into small craft, and often perished with suffocation, while those who survived were liable to be sold to brutal masters, .and receive inhuman treatment.