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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... Watch Hill light , and entered the Long Island Sound . I now turned into my berth and dreamed that I was in the mines and had already dug up and washed out a barrel- ful of shining gold dust . In the height of my rejoicing at my success ...
... Watch Hill light , and entered the Long Island Sound . I now turned into my berth and dreamed that I was in the mines and had already dug up and washed out a barrel- ful of shining gold dust . In the height of my rejoicing at my success ...
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... watch tackle was rigged and he was hoisted aboard the ship in a boatswain's chair , none the worse for the baptism which he had undergone . The mate ordered the quarterboat to be hoisted out of the water ; the anchor watch was set and ...
... watch tackle was rigged and he was hoisted aboard the ship in a boatswain's chair , none the worse for the baptism which he had undergone . The mate ordered the quarterboat to be hoisted out of the water ; the anchor watch was set and ...
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... watches . The first mate chose the first man , and that happened to be the man that was at that moment at the wheel . The second mate , whose name was Bryson , chose the second man , so alternating until the twelve men. A TALE OF Two ...
... watches . The first mate chose the first man , and that happened to be the man that was at that moment at the wheel . The second mate , whose name was Bryson , chose the second man , so alternating until the twelve men. A TALE OF Two ...
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... watch - the first mate having the larboard watch and the second mate the starboard , or what is called the captain's watch . At eight bells , that was eight o'clock , the log was thrown ( which is a measuring line di- vided into knots ...
... watch - the first mate having the larboard watch and the second mate the starboard , or what is called the captain's watch . At eight bells , that was eight o'clock , the log was thrown ( which is a measuring line di- vided into knots ...
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... watch to stand some time during the night . I arose at five o'clock , or two bells , the next morning , and saw that the wind had moderated . The royals were set and the starboard watch were engaged in getting up the lower studding ...
... watch to stand some time during the night . I arose at five o'clock , or two bells , the next morning , and saw that the wind had moderated . The royals were set and the starboard watch were engaged in getting up the lower studding ...
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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!