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... vessels , and that their bodies at death will be consigned to the deep . For the chance of picking up what may be thrown overboard , and particularly when disease is in the ship , they will ANECDOTES OF SHARKS . 7 ANECDOTES OF SHARKS, -
... vessels , and that their bodies at death will be consigned to the deep . For the chance of picking up what may be thrown overboard , and particularly when disease is in the ship , they will ANECDOTES OF SHARKS . 7 ANECDOTES OF SHARKS, -
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... ship along ; And , from the partners of that cruel trade Which spoils unhappy Guinea of her sons , Demands his share of prey , demands themselves . The stormy fates descend , one death involves Tyrants and slaves ; when straight , their ...
... ship along ; And , from the partners of that cruel trade Which spoils unhappy Guinea of her sons , Demands his share of prey , demands themselves . The stormy fates descend , one death involves Tyrants and slaves ; when straight , their ...
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... ship arrived at Barbadoes from England , some of the men of which were one day bathing in the sea , when a large shark appeared , and sprang forwards directly at them . A person from the ship called out to warn them of their danger , on ...
... ship arrived at Barbadoes from England , some of the men of which were one day bathing in the sea , when a large shark appeared , and sprang forwards directly at them . A person from the ship called out to warn them of their danger , on ...
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... ship , when there have been upwards of a hundred Indians in the water , both men and women : they seemed quite indifferent about them , and the sharks never offered to make an attack on any of them , and yet at the same time would seize ...
... ship , when there have been upwards of a hundred Indians in the water , both men and women : they seemed quite indifferent about them , and the sharks never offered to make an attack on any of them , and yet at the same time would seize ...
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... ship - company's dinner . The old sailor who had cut open the shark stood with a foot on each side , and drew up the articles one by one from the huge cavern into which they had been indiscriminately drawn . When the operator came at ...
... ship - company's dinner . The old sailor who had cut open the shark stood with a foot on each side , and drew up the articles one by one from the huge cavern into which they had been indiscriminately drawn . When the operator came at ...
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afterwards Aikin Alaric anagram appeared arrived boat body boots Bothwell Bruce called Captain castle Charles Leland circumstances Clotilde Costanyo COUNTESS OF STAIR cried Daldaff Darnley death Earl Earl of Bedford Edinburgh endeavour eyes father feelings feet Fordyne fortune frae gentleman Gessido Glasgow Goth hand Harriet heard heart Henry Black honour hope hour husband immediately island Jonathan Carver king La Perouse Ladislas lady leave length Lodovico looked Lord Lord Russell mamma Marcella marriage married Mary matter miles mind morning murder never night once Pagorski party passed Peghler person poor present proceeded Queen Queen of Scots remained replied respect rock Sackville scene Scotland seemed seen servant shark shew ship soon stood story thou thought tion told took top-boots trunk unfortunate vessel village walked Wanda whole wife woman Yerl young
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Seite 8 - the ship along; And, from the partners of that cruel trade Which spoils unhappy Guinea of her sons, Demands his share of prey, demands themselves. The stormy fates descend, one death involves Tyrants and slaves ; when straight, their mangled limbs Crashing at once, he dyes the purple seas With gore, and riots in the vengeful meal.
Seite 24 - feat in the game, and children shouted and dogs barked from the mere contagion of joy, while, moreover, the sun sent his last rich rays through the trees above the village, whence the ' sweet mellow crush of the wood-pigeon's note, Made music that sweetened the calm;
Seite 61 - how it could exalt the low and amplify the little. To this ambition, perhaps, we owe the frogs of Homer; the gnat and the bees of Virgil; the butterfly of Spenser; the shadow of Wowerus; and the quincunx of Browne. ' Cardinal de Richelieu, amongst all his great occupations, found a recreation in violent exercises; and he was once discovered jumping with his
Seite 34 - the seat of war to untutored Indians alone, whose whole stock of military knowledge has only, till within two centuries, amounted to drawing the bow, and whose only breast-work, even at present, is the thicket, I know not. I have given as exact an account as possible of this singular appearance, and
Seite 14 - he had saved his life, jumped overboard, as is their common practice in such cases, to frighten the creature away by splashing in the water ; and Don Pablo was taken into the boat more dead than alive.' The beautiful Bay of Havannah, Island of Cuba, is known to be frequented by sharks,
Seite 56 - his weapon. At the delivery of the swords, which was performed by Sir John Heidon, it pleased the Lord Bruce to choose my own, and then, past expectation, he told him that a little of my blood would not serve his turn; and, therefore,
Seite 83 - he would have fallen 1800 feet. Twice this failed, and then he had recourse to a large stone with a lead-line, which swung diagonally, and seemed to be a feasible plan. Several times he made beautiful heaves, but the provoking line would not catch, and away went the stone far down below; till at length
Seite 61 - or Folly; which, authorised by the pun, he dedicated to Sir Thomas More. ' It seems, Johnson observes in his Life of Sir Thomas Browne, to have been in all ages the pride of art to shew how it could exalt the low and amplify the little. To this ambition, perhaps, we owe the
Seite 72 - warranted her to conceive she was a prophetess. As her prophecies in the troubled times of Charles I. were usually against the government, she was at length brought by them into the Court of High Commission. The prophetess was not a little mad, and fancied the spirit of Daniel was in her, from an anagram she had formed of her name, Eleanor
Seite 75 - man. Europeans are often reminded of the resemblance of this scenery to that of the extensive parks of noblemen, which they have been accustomed to admire in the Old World; the lawn, the avenue, the grove, the copse, which are there produced by