An Account of a Voyage to India, China &c. in His Majesty's Ship Caroline: Performed in the Years 1803-4-5, Interspersed with Descriptive Sketches and Cursory Remarks |
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... night , a vessel suddenly hove in sight , and so near us that he hailed us in French , requesting to know our longitude . We desired him to heave to , and we should send a boat on board ; but not relishing this answer , he attempted to ...
... night , a vessel suddenly hove in sight , and so near us that he hailed us in French , requesting to know our longitude . We desired him to heave to , and we should send a boat on board ; but not relishing this answer , he attempted to ...
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... night we ran in between the Desertas and Porto Santo , though it is not very common for ships to do so . ARRIVAL AT MADEIRA . At day - light this morning , found ourselves close in with the north - east point of Madeira . As the sun ...
... night we ran in between the Desertas and Porto Santo , though it is not very common for ships to do so . ARRIVAL AT MADEIRA . At day - light this morning , found ourselves close in with the north - east point of Madeira . As the sun ...
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... night , as well as beautiful by day : the lights rising one over another , up to the Mountain chapel , have a very pleasing effect . CLIMATE OF MADEIRA . The air of this island is so clear and salubrious , that there are always a great ...
... night , as well as beautiful by day : the lights rising one over another , up to the Mountain chapel , have a very pleasing effect . CLIMATE OF MADEIRA . The air of this island is so clear and salubrious , that there are always a great ...
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... night . In proportion as we receded from the sun , the weather ap- peared to get hotter , the thermometor generally ranging from 76 to 83 in the shade , which we considered as a very great de- gree of heat ( having passed a very severe ...
... night . In proportion as we receded from the sun , the weather ap- peared to get hotter , the thermometor generally ranging from 76 to 83 in the shade , which we considered as a very great de- gree of heat ( having passed a very severe ...
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... night , while regaling Mynheer with some grog and pipes , we were agreeably surprized by ano- ther Dutchman , who almost fell on board of us : he proved , however , rather better than the first , being laden with a good cargo from ...
... night , while regaling Mynheer with some grog and pipes , we were agreeably surprized by ano- ther Dutchman , who almost fell on board of us : he proved , however , rather better than the first , being laden with a good cargo from ...
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Æneid anchor animal appearance arrival bamboo banks beautiful Bengal BIRD'S NEST SOUP birds boats Bocca Tigris breeze Calcutta called calomel Canton China Chinese climate clouds coast considerable convoy cool Coromandel coast course curious decks Diamond harbour disease distance English European frequently Ganges harbour heat Helena hills houses inhabitants instantly Kedgeree kind Ladder hill land length Lintin liver lunar caustic Macao Madras Malacca Malay manner men of war miles monsoon mountains mouth natives night obliged officers pagodas palankeen passage passing Penang pieces pleasant poison Poolo Portuguese precipices Prince of Wales's river roads rocks round sail sailors Saugur scene seems seldom Sept settlement ship shoal shore sickness side sight singular situated sometimes straits streets Sumatra summit Sunderbunds surf Tigris town trees utmost vessel VOYAGE TO INDIA Wales's island weather whole winds
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Page 138 - Though poor the peasant's hut, his feasts though small, He sees his little lot the lot of all; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head, To shame the meanness of his humble shed...
Page 118 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known; In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between : There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat, Shelters in cool, and tends his pasturing herds At loop-holes cut through thickest shade...
Page 86 - And each vacuity of sense by pride : These build as fast as knowledge can destroy ; In folly's cup still laughs the bubble joy ; One prospect lost, another still we gain, And not a vanity is given in vain : Ev'n mean self-love becomes, by force divine, The scale to measure others
Page 97 - FATHER OF ALL! in ev'ry age, In ev'ry clime, ador'd, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord ! Thou GREAT FIRST CAUSE, least understood. Who all my sense confin'd To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind...
Page 124 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Page 97 - Through this day's life or death. This day, be bread and peace my lot; All else beneath the sun, Thou know'st if best bestowed or not: And let thy will be done. To thee, whose temple is all space. Whose altar earth, sea, skies, One chorus let all being raise, All nature's incense rise!
Page 98 - Delightful Scenes, whether in Nature, Painting, or Poetry, have a kindly Influence on the Body, as well as the Mind, and not only serve to clear and brighten the Imagination, but are able to disperse Grief and Melancholy, and to set the Animal Spirits in pleasing and agreeable Motions.
Page 45 - The swift volution, and the enormous train, Let sages versed in Nature's lore explain — The horrid apparition still draws nigh, And white with foam the whirling billows fly.
Page 54 - As from some mountain's craggy forehead torn, A rock's round fragment flies, with fury borne, (Which from the stubborn stone a torrent rends,) Precipitate the...
Page 105 - At first heard solemn o'er the verge of heaven, The tempest growls; but as it nearer comes, And rolls its awful burden on the wind, The lightnings flash a larger curve, and more The noise astounds: till...