A Tale of Two Oceans: A New Story by an Old Californian : an Account of a Voyage from Philadelphia to San Francisco, Around Cape Horn, Years 1849-50, Calling at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and at Juan Fernandez, in the South Pacific |
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... asked him why he had not gone up to Coloma and gathered up two or three sacks of the precious dust and brought it home with him . He answered that he could not leave the ship , even if he had so desired ; there- fore he had come home in ...
... asked him why he had not gone up to Coloma and gathered up two or three sacks of the precious dust and brought it home with him . He answered that he could not leave the ship , even if he had so desired ; there- fore he had come home in ...
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... asked me if I had bought my ticket . I answered that I had not . " Then , " said he , " I advise you not to do so , for the reason that the Isthmus is crowded with people that can't get away . I have a fine ship that is now loading in ...
... asked me if I had bought my ticket . I answered that I had not . " Then , " said he , " I advise you not to do so , for the reason that the Isthmus is crowded with people that can't get away . I have a fine ship that is now loading in ...
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... asked the clerk for Capt . Blanchard of the ship " Sam- son . " He told me that the captain was then taking his din- ner and would soon come into the reading - room . I stood around awhile and heard the gentlemen talking about ships and ...
... asked the clerk for Capt . Blanchard of the ship " Sam- son . " He told me that the captain was then taking his din- ner and would soon come into the reading - room . I stood around awhile and heard the gentlemen talking about ships and ...
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... asked me where I was from and where I was going . After I had answered these questions , apparently to his satisfaction , he took me into his confi- dence and told me that he was from Boston , where he had been engaged in business for ...
... asked me where I was from and where I was going . After I had answered these questions , apparently to his satisfaction , he took me into his confi- dence and told me that he was from Boston , where he had been engaged in business for ...
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... asked the way to the South street wharf , and it was pointed out to me , and I found that the ship didn't lay far from the hotel . I went on board and handed the note which the captain had given , to the mate of the ship Mr. Cranston ...
... asked the way to the South street wharf , and it was pointed out to me , and I found that the ship didn't lay far from the hotel . I went on board and handed the note which the captain had given , to the mate of the ship Mr. Cranston ...
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Page 149 - For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind...
Page 89 - FROM Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand; Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain.
Page 150 - No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode (There they alike in trembling hope repose), The bosom of his Father and his God.
Page 155 - And then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel, And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. And then the lover, Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to his mistress
Page 187 - Flag of the free heart's hope and home, By angel hands to valor given ! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. Forever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us ? JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE.
Page 48 - The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great original proclaim. The unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an Almighty hand.
Page 85 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be ; For loan oft loses both itself and friend ; And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all, — To thine...
Page 74 - The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches tossed; And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore.
Page 102 - Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.
Page 30 - A LIFE on the ocean wave, A home on the rolling deep, Where the scattered waters rave, And the winds their revels keep!