A general history and collection of voyages and travels, arranged in systematic order by R. Kerr. Vol.12 (ch.3, sect.5) -vol.17, Issue 241814 |
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... Half - volume contains many interesting and important articles . The articles DIVING BELL and DIVING MACHINERY , contain a full account of all the newest contrivances for recovering valuable goods from the bottom of the sea , and of ...
... Half - volume contains many interesting and important articles . The articles DIVING BELL and DIVING MACHINERY , contain a full account of all the newest contrivances for recovering valuable goods from the bottom of the sea , and of ...
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... half from the anchor , moored head and stern with the stream anchor , and steadied with hawsers on each bow ; the ship then lay in ten fathom , at the distance of a cable's length from the shore at the bottom of the cove , Wallis's ...
... half from the anchor , moored head and stern with the stream anchor , and steadied with hawsers on each bow ; the ship then lay in ten fathom , at the distance of a cable's length from the shore at the bottom of the cove , Wallis's ...
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... half a degree to the northward of the Line , and exactly in the middle of the narrowest part of this passage ; but neither have these islands any existence , except upon paper , though I believe there may be some small islands close to ...
... half a degree to the northward of the Line , and exactly in the middle of the narrowest part of this passage ; but neither have these islands any existence , except upon paper , though I believe there may be some small islands close to ...
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... half a degree west ; and we found the current , which before set to the southward , now setting to the N.W. In the afternoon of the 26th , we saw from the mast - head the island of Luback , and had soundings from thirty - five to forty ...
... half a degree west ; and we found the current , which before set to the southward , now setting to the N.W. In the afternoon of the 26th , we saw from the mast - head the island of Luback , and had soundings from thirty - five to forty ...
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... half a degree to the westward . In the afternoon , I waited upon the governor , and ac- quainted him with the condition of the ship , desiring li- berty to repair her defects ; to which he replied , that I must petition the council . On ...
... half a degree to the westward . In the afternoon , I waited upon the governor , and ac- quainted him with the condition of the ship , desiring li- berty to repair her defects ; to which he replied , that I must petition the council . On ...
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Page 47 - An universe of death, which God by curse Created evil, for evil only good, Where all life dies, death lives, and Nature breeds Perverse all monstrous, all prodigious things, Abominable, unutterable, and worse Than fables yet have feigned, or fear conceived, Gorgons, and hydras, and chimeras dire," — this would doubtless have been noble writing.
Page 55 - But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnising nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.
Page 276 - In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider : God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
Page 413 - E. As the weather was frequently calm, Mr. Banks went out in a small boat to shoot birds, among which were some albatrosses and sheerwaters. The albatrosses were observed to be larger than those which had been taken northward of the...
Page 15 - ... a tree: the tree which produces it does not indeed shoot up spontaneously ; but if a man plants ten of them in his lifetime, which he may do in about an hour, he will as completely fulfil his duty to his own and future generations as the natives of our less temperate climate can do by ploughing in the cold of winter, and reaping in the summer's heat, as often as these seasons return ; even if, after he has procured bread for his present household, he should convert a surplus into money, and lay...
Page 256 - WERNER'S NOMENCLATURE OF COLOURS. With Additions, arranged so as to render it highly useful to the Arts and Sciences, particularly Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Morbid Anatomy. Annexed to which are Examples selected from Well-known Objects in the Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Kingdoms.
Page 218 - A prospect more rude and craggy is rarely to be met with ; for inland appears nothing but the summits of mountains of a stupendous height, and consisting of rocks that are totally barren and naked, except where they are covered with snow.
Page 106 - I was now prompted, by my desire to avoid further hostilities, to get some of them on board, as the only method left of convincing them that we intended them no harm, and had it in our power to contribute to their gratification and convenience. Thus far my intentions certainly were not criminal ; and though in the contest, which I had not the least reason to expect, our victory might have been complete without so great an expense of life, yet in such situations, when the command to fire has been...
Page 431 - ... and such things as seemed to be most acceptable. As in my excursion to the westward, I had not found any more convenient harbour than that in which we lay, I determined to go on shore and fix upon some spot, commanded by the ship's guns, where I might throw up a small fort for our defence, and prepare for making our astronomical observation. I therefore took a party of men, and landed without delay, accompanied by Mr. Banks, Dr. Solander, and the astronomer, Mr. Green. We soon fixed upon a part...
Page 12 - ... with which they are covered; from the house, therefore, the inhabitant steps immediately under the shade, which is the most delightful that can be imagined. It consists of groves of bread-fruit and cocoa-nuts, without underwood, which are intersected, in all directions, by the paths that lead from one house to the other. Nothing can be more grateful than this shade in so warm a climate, nor any thing more beautiful than these walks. As there is no underwood, the shade cools without impeding the...