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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... gold had been discovered in California . We were informed that several vessels had already sailed for California , among them the ship " Edward Everett , " on board of which vessel several of my young friends had taken passage . " And ...
... gold had been discovered in California . We were informed that several vessels had already sailed for California , among them the ship " Edward Everett , " on board of which vessel several of my young friends had taken passage . " And ...
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... gold dust , a specimen of which he had bought from them , and which he showed me in a tin box like a snuff box . I , in my utter ignorance about gold mining , asked him why he had not gone up to Coloma and gathered up two or three sacks ...
... gold dust , a specimen of which he had bought from them , and which he showed me in a tin box like a snuff box . I , in my utter ignorance about gold mining , asked him why he had not gone up to Coloma and gathered up two or three sacks ...
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... gold discoveries but could not go themselves , had adopted the plan of fitting out a relative or a reliable friend with all necessary outfit for the period of two years , paying their passage out and securing themselves for the outlay ...
... gold discoveries but could not go themselves , had adopted the plan of fitting out a relative or a reliable friend with all necessary outfit for the period of two years , paying their passage out and securing themselves for the outlay ...
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... gold at home ; but a good , thrifty , prudent wife he can't win every day . " At this remark the young lady burst into fresh . tears , which she could not keep back . The young man softly stroked her hand while he answered her mother ...
... gold at home ; but a good , thrifty , prudent wife he can't win every day . " At this remark the young lady burst into fresh . tears , which she could not keep back . The young man softly stroked her hand while he answered her mother ...
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... gold , would float off and leave the gold dust in the bottom of the pan . As the ship shot out into the harbor under the A TALE OF Two OCEANS . 11.
... gold , would float off and leave the gold dust in the bottom of the pan . As the ship shot out into the harbor under the A TALE OF Two OCEANS . 11.
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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!