Eighteen Months on a Greenland WhalerThe author, 1878 - 307 páginas An account of the author's whaling voyage aboard the schooner Franklin of New London, in 1867 or 1869, and an expansion of his account of the same voyage recounted in his Three Years on a Whaler (Bath, N.Y., 1875). The Franklin wintered over in Cumberland Inlet, and there is a good account of the Eskimos, as well as a good description of whaling. |
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... gave me encouragement . In it I met no doubt much kind consideration which gave me its support on grounds distinct from deserts manifested in my writing , but I also encountered much hearty enconium which inspirited me to make another ...
... gave me encouragement . In it I met no doubt much kind consideration which gave me its support on grounds distinct from deserts manifested in my writing , but I also encountered much hearty enconium which inspirited me to make another ...
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... gave him little occa- sion for exercising the hand of rigor . Where every man had his part , and when the duty assign- ed to it was clearly defined and known exactly , there was scarcely a chance offered for serious misunderstanding on ...
... gave him little occa- sion for exercising the hand of rigor . Where every man had his part , and when the duty assign- ed to it was clearly defined and known exactly , there was scarcely a chance offered for serious misunderstanding on ...
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... gave to one of the men one morning , who had shown himself a little recalcitrant and insolent . Taking off his coat and peeling up his shirt- sleeves , he went in , coming out with a black eye , but with increased respect from all hands ...
... gave to one of the men one morning , who had shown himself a little recalcitrant and insolent . Taking off his coat and peeling up his shirt- sleeves , he went in , coming out with a black eye , but with increased respect from all hands ...
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... gave us , called " THE HELMSMAN . " Its intrinsic merits , as I perceive them , the associations its perusal or repetition ever awakens in me , along with the recollection particularly of the first impression it made in my mind -- all ...
... gave us , called " THE HELMSMAN . " Its intrinsic merits , as I perceive them , the associations its perusal or repetition ever awakens in me , along with the recollection particularly of the first impression it made in my mind -- all ...
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... extensive . I am inclined to think the particular course we adopted gave us considerable indemnity from the evil . When we came to a halt through the thick massing of the floes we had not much danger ON A GREENLAND WHALER . 59.
... extensive . I am inclined to think the particular course we adopted gave us considerable indemnity from the evil . When we came to a halt through the thick massing of the floes we had not much danger ON A GREENLAND WHALER . 59.
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Eighteen Months on a Greenland Whaler (Classic Reprint) Joseph P. Faulkner Sin vista previa disponible - 2017 |
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ahead aloft amid anchor watch appeared Arctic Aurora Borealis barque beauty became beneath blow blubber boats breath breeze brief called captain clear close cold crew danger deck distance dogs Esquimaux fantastic light feet felt floes flukes followed forecastle gale gave give Greenland grog gulf gunwale habits hand hard harpoon hauling heard heaving icebergs Johnny Penny Johnny Taylor kind knew land length light little savage look matter ment miles molasses mouth natives natural never night o'er oars observed once ourselves passed Peterhead picaninnies poor port Quickstep reach ready round sail sailors schooner Scotch seal SEAL HUNT seemed ship shore side sight sledges sleep snow soon stood supply suppose surface taking thing thought tion turn vessel voyage walrus watch waves whale wind winter word
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Página 306 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge, And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafening clamour in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes?
Página 102 - There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest...
Página 311 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
Página 197 - IF thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moon-light; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray.
Página 247 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Página 312 - When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be, When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he.
Página 153 - He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. He maketh a path to shine after him ; one would think the deep to be hoary.
Página 176 - But our flower was in flushing, When blighting was nearest. Fleet foot on the correi, Sage counsel in cumber, Red hand in the foray, How sound is thy slumber ! Like the dew on the mountain, Like the foam on the river, Like the bubble on the fountain, Thou art gone, and for ever ! XVII.
Página 133 - The wood was sere, the moon i' the wane, The reek o' the cot hung over the plain, Like a little wee cloud in the world its lane ; When the ingle lowed with an eiry leme, Late, late in the gloamin...
Página 305 - There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack!