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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Page 1
... present themselves to the eye of the cursory visitor , without however diving into the history , politics , or commerce of the places touched at . These sketches therefore are merely topo- graphical , and claim no pretension to ...
... present themselves to the eye of the cursory visitor , without however diving into the history , politics , or commerce of the places touched at . These sketches therefore are merely topo- graphical , and claim no pretension to ...
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... present from the clouds at that time , both to the officers and men ; for the suddenness of our departure from Eu- rópe , prevented us having any thing like a sufficient stock for an East India voyage . Here we lost the north - east ...
... present from the clouds at that time , both to the officers and men ; for the suddenness of our departure from Eu- rópe , prevented us having any thing like a sufficient stock for an East India voyage . Here we lost the north - east ...
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... presents itself , near the beach , and about a quarter of a mile from the saluting battery . It is composed of two separate buildings , each of which is beautiful in itself ; but the oblique situation in which they appear to stand ...
... presents itself , near the beach , and about a quarter of a mile from the saluting battery . It is composed of two separate buildings , each of which is beautiful in itself ; but the oblique situation in which they appear to stand ...
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... present nabob has not much trouble in govern- ing his dominions ; the East India company , out of pure good nature , having taken the guidance entirely on themselves : and to shew their liberality and generosity still farther , have ...
... present nabob has not much trouble in govern- ing his dominions ; the East India company , out of pure good nature , having taken the guidance entirely on themselves : and to shew their liberality and generosity still farther , have ...
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... presents itself to the view ; the banks of the river ( which is here about twice the breadth of the Thames at London ) , are covered with a verdant carpet to the water's edge , and decorated with numerous elegant villas , or rather ...
... presents itself to the view ; the banks of the river ( which is here about twice the breadth of the Thames at London ) , are covered with a verdant carpet to the water's edge , and decorated with numerous elegant villas , or rather ...
Common terms and phrases
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
Popular passages
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...