 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1883 - 410 pages
...pioneer was almost overwhelmed by the storm-tossed waters of the Arctic Sea, called out to his men, "Courage, my lads, we are as near to heaven by sea as by land" — " He sat upon the deck, The Book was in his hand : ' Do not fear : heaven is as ne.ir, He said,... | |
 | Frederick Whymper - 1883 - 712 pages
...the crew of the Hinde in the following noble words, so often since recorded in poetry and prose : " Courage, my lads ! We are as near to heaven by sea as by land ! " That same night the lights of the little vessel were suddenly missed, and Gilbert and his gallant... | |
 | Sir Clements Robert Markham - 1884 - 266 pages
...possible. Sir Humphrey Gilbert was seen sitting on the taffrail of the Squirrel, and was heard to call out — " Courage, my lads ! we are as near to Heaven by sea as by land ! " The same night the little vessel went down, and nothing more was ever heard of her. Those last words alone remained, and they... | |
 | Sidney Mary Sitwell - 1884 - 144 pages
...the sight of her consort. His last words, heard whilst they were labouring in great peril, were, " We are as near to heaven by sea as by land." The charter granted to Sir Humphry Gilbert gave to him and his heirs authority to discover and take in... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1890 - 848 pages
...signs of joy, the general, sitting abaft with a book in his hand, cried out unto us in the Hiiul, " We are as near to heaven by sea as by land." The same Monday night the frigate's lights went suddenly out, and it was devoured and swallowed up by the sea.... | |
 | Louis Albert Banks - 1891 - 278 pages
...voyage from this country, shouted as his last message to his fellow voyagers in a companion vessel, " We are as near to heaven by sea as by land." The heroic Sir Walter Raleigh, a step-brother of Gilbert, took up his work, and left his mark forever on... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1894 - 442 pages
...pioneer was almost overwhelmed by the storm-tossed waters of the Arctic Sea, called out to his men, " Courage, my lads, we are as near to heaven by sea as by land"— " He sat upon the deck, The Book was in his hand : ' Do not fear : heaven is as near, He said, ' by... | |
 | 1897 - 872 pages
...signs of joy, the general, sitting abaft with a book in his hand, cried out unto us in the Hind, " We are as near to heaven by sea as by land. " The same Monday night the frigate's lights went suddenly out, and it was devoured and swallowed up by the sea.... | |
 | 1910 - 1002 pages
...signs of joy, the general, sitting abaft with a book in his hand, cried out unto us in the' Hind,' ' We are as near to heaven by sea as by land.'. . . . The same Monday night, about twelve, the frigate being ahead of us in the ' Golden Hind,' suddenly her lights... | |
 | A. Wyatt Tilby - 1911 - 326 pages
...storms and perils ' : and his last recorded words, spoken shortly before the vessel went down, were, ' We are as near to heaven by sea as by land.' The exploration of the bleak northern shores of America bore rich fruit in after centuries, when the Hudson's... | |
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... yet at that time recovered. And giving forth signs of joy, the general, sitting abaft with a book in his hand, cried out unto us in the Hind as often as we did approach within hearing, ' Courage, brothers ! Remember we are as near to heaven by sea... 
