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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... wind chopped around to the northwest and the air became so cold that by eight o'clock the following morning our vessel was inclosed in a sheet of ice , thereby cutting off all communication with the city . There we lay embargoed for ...
... wind chopped around to the northwest and the air became so cold that by eight o'clock the following morning our vessel was inclosed in a sheet of ice , thereby cutting off all communication with the city . There we lay embargoed for ...
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... wind northwest blowing straight out of the harbor . Every- body about the wharf and on board the ship seemed to be very busy . Baggage in great quantities was being brought down the wharf and put on board the ship . Fresh provis- ions ...
... wind northwest blowing straight out of the harbor . Every- body about the wharf and on board the ship seemed to be very busy . Baggage in great quantities was being brought down the wharf and put on board the ship . Fresh provis- ions ...
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... winds their revels keep . CHORUS . And the winds , and the winds , And the winds their revels keep . By the time the song was finished we were gliding down the Delaware river at an easy speed in tow of the steamer . At one o'clock the ...
... winds their revels keep . CHORUS . And the winds , and the winds , And the winds their revels keep . By the time the song was finished we were gliding down the Delaware river at an easy speed in tow of the steamer . At one o'clock the ...
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... wind having sprung up light in the northwest , that the best thing to be done was to up anchor and get immediately under way , before any legal papers could be served on the people on board . The reasoning of the pilot was so cogent ...
... wind having sprung up light in the northwest , that the best thing to be done was to up anchor and get immediately under way , before any legal papers could be served on the people on board . The reasoning of the pilot was so cogent ...
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... wind , and besides , all that she wanted . The second mate had the first watch of four hours duration , terminating at twelve o'clock , midnight ; or , as it is called at sea , eight bells . Now commenced the sea mode of marking time ...
... wind , and besides , all that she wanted . The second mate had the first watch of four hours duration , terminating at twelve o'clock , midnight ; or , as it is called at sea , eight bells . Now commenced the sea mode of marking time ...
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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!