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" The common sailors receive from the captain nothing but dry rice, and have to provide for themselves their other fare, which is usually very slender. These sailors are not, usually, men who have been trained up to their occupation ; but wretches, who... "
The Kingdom and People of Siam: With a Narrative of the Mission to that ... - Page 249
by John Bowring - 1857 - 446 pages
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 51

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1834 - 558 pages
...even the captain and pilot are frequently obliged, when wearied out with their insolent behaviour, to crave their kind assistance, and to request them to...trained up to their occupation ; but wretches, who were obliged to flee from their homes ; and they frequently engage for a voyage before they have ever...
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The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with ...

1840 - 972 pages
...on board ; with which he trades wheresoever the vessel may touch, caring very little about how scx>a she may arrive at the port of destination. "The common...trained up to their occupation ; but wretches who were obliged to flee from their homes, and they frequently engage for a voyage before thej have ever...
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The Journal of Two Voyages Along the Coast of China in 1831-1832: The First ...

Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff - 1833 - 358 pages
...even the captain and pilot are frequently obliged, when wearied out with their insolent behavior, to crave their kind assistance, and to request them to...trained up to their occupation ; but wretches, who were obliged to flee from their homes ; and they frequently engage for a voyage, before they have ever...
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The Journal of Two Voyages Along the Coast of China in 1831-1832: The First ...

Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff - 1833 - 362 pages
...with their insolent behavior, to crave their kind assistance, and to request them to show a belter temper. The several individuals of the crew form one...trained up to their occupation ; but wretches, who were obliged to flee from their homes ; and they frequently engage for a voyage, before the}' have...
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The Calcutta Christian Observer, Volume 2

1833 - 744 pages
...certain quantity of goods on board ; with which he trades, wheresoever the vessel may touch, raring very little about how soon she may arrive at the port...been trained up to their occupation, but wretches who were obliged to flee from their homes ; and they frequently engage for a voyage, before they have ever...
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Journal of Three Voyages Along the Coast of China, in 1831, 1832, & 1833 ...

Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff - 1834 - 566 pages
...even the captain and pilot are frequently obliged, when wearied out with their insolent behaviour, to crave their kind assistance, and to request them to...trained up to their occupation ; but wretches, who were obliged to flee from their homes ; and they frequently engage for a IDOLATROUS RITES. 57 voyage,...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 51

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1834 - 568 pages
...even the captain and pilot are frequently obliged, when wearied out with their insolent behaviour, to crave their kind assistance, and to request them to...trained up to their occupation ; but wretches, who were obliged to flee from their homes ; and they frequently engage for a voyage before they have ever...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 51

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1834 - 564 pages
...even the captain and pilot are frequently obliged, when wearied out with their insolent behaviour, to crave their kind assistance, and to request them to...usually, men who have been trained up to their occupation ; hut wretches, who were obliged to flee from their homes ; and they frequently engage for a voyage...
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The Malta penny magazine

536 pages
...board ; with which he trades, wheresoever the vessel may touch, caring very little about how soon she arrive at the port of destination. The common sailors...trained up to their occupation ; but wretches, who were obliged to flee from their homes; and they frequently engage for a voyage, before they have ever...
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