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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... suppose , a slight rush of blood to the head , which is often incurred by one so employed or situated , or from sheer careless- ness , forgetting for the instant where I was standing , I somehow , then and there made my exit from the ...
... suppose , a slight rush of blood to the head , which is often incurred by one so employed or situated , or from sheer careless- ness , forgetting for the instant where I was standing , I somehow , then and there made my exit from the ...
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... in the darkest weather , always a laugh on the hardest plank . The older sailors were those I found the most attractive in many ways - chiefly , I suppose , from their more pure , simple - heartiness , and 3 ON A GREENLAND WHALER . 33.
... in the darkest weather , always a laugh on the hardest plank . The older sailors were those I found the most attractive in many ways - chiefly , I suppose , from their more pure , simple - heartiness , and 3 ON A GREENLAND WHALER . 33.
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... suppose , as he observed the importance some trivial affair or event draws to itself on board ship , that amid the paucity of occurrence , circumstances and their coadjutors have undue magnitude awarded them . This however is only half ...
... suppose , as he observed the importance some trivial affair or event draws to itself on board ship , that amid the paucity of occurrence , circumstances and their coadjutors have undue magnitude awarded them . This however is only half ...
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... it . The word is expressive , but as the poet has said " Ye gentlemen of England Who live at home at ease , Oh little do ye think upon The dangers of the seas ! " I suppose some more explanation may be int place to 60 EIGHTEEN MONTHS.
... it . The word is expressive , but as the poet has said " Ye gentlemen of England Who live at home at ease , Oh little do ye think upon The dangers of the seas ! " I suppose some more explanation may be int place to 60 EIGHTEEN MONTHS.
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Joseph P. Faulkner. I suppose some more explanation may be int place to many . Well , if such an event as this wee word " nip " defines , were happening to a vessel sailing in these seas , the fate of those sailing in her would be ...
Joseph P. Faulkner. I suppose some more explanation may be int place to many . Well , if such an event as this wee word " nip " defines , were happening to a vessel sailing in these seas , the fate of those sailing in her would be ...
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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 close cold crew danger deck distance dogs Esquimaux fantastic light feet felt floes flukes followed forecastle gale gave give Greenland 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 mind 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 sperm whale stood supply suppose surface taking thing thought tion turn vessel voyage walrus watch waves whale wind winter
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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!