The Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. BountyWilliam Tegg, 1876 - 392 Seiten |
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... whole the poem is feeble and deficient in dramatic effect . ance . There still remains to us at least one Poet , who , if he could be prevailed on to undertake it , would do justice to the story . To his suggestion , the publication of ...
... whole the poem is feeble and deficient in dramatic effect . ance . There still remains to us at least one Poet , who , if he could be prevailed on to undertake it , would do justice to the story . To his suggestion , the publication of ...
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... whole assembly stood some time motionless , in silent astonishment , which could not have been more strongly expressed , if they had discovered that our friend's limbs had been screwed on to the trunk . In a short time , however , the ...
... whole assembly stood some time motionless , in silent astonishment , which could not have been more strongly expressed , if they had discovered that our friend's limbs had been screwed on to the trunk . In a short time , however , the ...
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... whole beach was covered with the inhabitants . The queen came down , and , having ordered a double canoe to be launched , was rowed off by her own people , followed by fifteen or sixteen other canoes . She soon made her appearance on ...
... whole beach was covered with the inhabitants . The queen came down , and , having ordered a double canoe to be launched , was rowed off by her own people , followed by fifteen or sixteen other canoes . She soon made her appearance on ...
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... whole body , she returned to the tents with the same gaiety and cheerfulness as if nothing had happened . The same thing occurred in the case of a chief , who had given great offence to Mr. Banks , when he and all his followers were ...
... whole body , she returned to the tents with the same gaiety and cheerfulness as if nothing had happened . The same thing occurred in the case of a chief , who had given great offence to Mr. Banks , when he and all his followers were ...
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... whole operation is performed without the use of any metallic instrument . " To fabricate one of their principal vessels with their tools is , " says Cook , " as great a work as to build a British man- of - war with ours . " The fighting ...
... whole operation is performed without the use of any metallic instrument . " To fabricate one of their principal vessels with their tools is , " says Cook , " as great a work as to build a British man- of - war with ours . " The fighting ...
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Adams affectionate appeared arms arrival assistance attention beloved boat boatswain Bounty bread bread-fruit brother brought called canoes Captain Beechey Captain Bligh Captain Cook Captain Edwards Captain Pipon carpenter Charles Churchill Churchill clothes cocoa-nut Coleman commander conduct Cook Court court-martial crew dear dearest death deck distress ditto doubt endeavour feeling feet Fletcher Christian Fryer Hallet hands happy Hayward heard honour hope innocence James Morrison John John Adams kind land launch letter Lieutenant Bligh M'Intosh Majesty's manner master master-at-arms mate Matthew Quintal midshipman mind misery morning Morrison mutiny narrative natives NESSY HEYWOOD never night Nobbs observes occasion officers ordered Otaheitan Otaheite Pandora party person Peter Heywood Pitcairn's Island prisoners Quintal received remained sail seaman ship ship's company shore sister situation soon Stewart sufferings taken Thomas Ellison Thursday October Christian tion told vessel voyage whole women
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Seite 65 - Upon himself; horror and doubt distract His troubled thoughts, and from the bottom stir The hell within him ; for within him hell He brings, and round about him, nor from hell One step, no more than from himself, can fly By change of place : now conscience wakes despair That slumber'd ; wakes the bitter memory Of what he was, what is, and what must be, Worse ; of worse deeds worse sufferings must ensue.
Seite 183 - As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawn'd around her like a hell. And down she sucked with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples with his enemy, And strives to strangle him before he die.
Seite 183 - And first one universal shriek there rush'd, Louder than the loud ocean, like a crash Of echoing thunder; and then all was hush'd, Save the wild wind and the remorseless dash Of billows; but at intervals there gush'd, Accompanied with a convulsive splash, A solitary shriek, the bubbling cry Of some strong swimmer in his agony.
Seite 256 - Judge, before whom all hearts are open and from whom no secrets are hid.
Seite 160 - Had I been any god of power, I would Have sunk the sea within the earth or ere It should the good ship so have swallow'd and The fraughting souls within her.
Seite 15 - Posse nefas, tacitusque mea decedere terra ? Nec te noster amor, nec te data dextera quondam, Nec moritura tenet crudeli funere Dido...
Seite 187 - tis but the same; My pang shall find a voice. From my youth upwards My spirit walk'd not with the souls of men, Nor look'd upon the earth with human eyes ; The thirst of their ambition was not mine, The aim of their existence was not mine ; My joys, my griefs, my passions, and my powers, Made me a stranger ; though I wore the form, I had no sympathy with breathing flesh, Nor midst the creatures of clay that girded me Was there but one who but of her anon.
Seite 314 - Pacific islands; his only dress was a piece of cloth round his loins, and a straw hat ornamented with the black feathers of the domestic fowl. "With a great share of good humour...
Seite 74 - Notwithstanding the roughness with which I was treated, the remembrance of past kindnesses produced some signs of remorse in Christian. When they were forcing me out of the ship, I asked him if this treatment was a proper return for the many instances he had received of my friendship ? he appeared disturbed at my question, and answered, with much emotion, " That, Captain Bligh, that is the thing ; — I am in hell...
Seite 44 - ... there remains a tender thin crust; and the inside is soft, tender, and white, like the crumb of a penny loaf. There is neither seed nor stone in the inside, but all of a pure substance, like bread.