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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... hauled by drays alongside the vessels , and all for California . I saw two men meet and salute . Said one : " Well , Swift , are you going to California ? " " No ; but I am fitting out my brother Josiah with everything necessary for a ...
... hauled by drays alongside the vessels , and all for California . I saw two men meet and salute . Said one : " Well , Swift , are you going to California ? " " No ; but I am fitting out my brother Josiah with everything necessary for a ...
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... hauled out on the marine railway , recalked and painted , and then sailed for the Capes of Virginia . We went up the Hampton Roads and into the Sansemond River , where we loaded with corn in bulk for Boston . We made this trip without ...
... hauled out on the marine railway , recalked and painted , and then sailed for the Capes of Virginia . We went up the Hampton Roads and into the Sansemond River , where we loaded with corn in bulk for Boston . We made this trip without ...
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... hauled alongside , a shoot run into her hatchway , and the bottom was dropped in each car in its turn and the coal was shot into the vessel's hold in the twinkling of an eye . It was then trimmed by lumpers , and in two hours ' time a ...
... hauled alongside , a shoot run into her hatchway , and the bottom was dropped in each car in its turn and the coal was shot into the vessel's hold in the twinkling of an eye . It was then trimmed by lumpers , and in two hours ' time a ...
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... hauled until the ship was under way and scooting down the bay under a freshening breeze . By six o'clock in the morning we were quite a distance down the bay . The wind being fair , the mate ordered the topmast studdingsails to be bent ...
... hauled until the ship was under way and scooting down the bay under a freshening breeze . By six o'clock in the morning we were quite a distance down the bay . The wind being fair , the mate ordered the topmast studdingsails to be bent ...
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... hauled up and furled . Our course was south - east , and the sea began to rise , making the ship roll just as easy as an old fashioned cradle . At half - past seven o'clock the mate called all the sailors . to the waist of the ship and ...
... hauled up and furled . Our course was south - east , and the sea began to rise , making the ship roll just as easy as an old fashioned cradle . At half - past seven o'clock the mate called all the sailors . to the waist of the ship and ...
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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!