 | James Pettit Andrews - 1806 - 394 pages
...intreaties, in his smallest ship ; and sunk beneath the tempestuous waves, calmly repeating to his men, ' Courage, my lads ! we are as near to heaven by sea as by land ! ' \ [WORTHIES OF DEVON. HAYES, APUD HAKLUYT. * Hist, of Virginia, apud British America, vol. i. Cent.... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - 1818 - 454 pages
...afterwards the general was observed by those in the Hinde sitting abaft, with a book in his hand, calling out " Courage, my lads ! we are as near to heaven by sea as by land !" The same night this little bark and all within her were swallowed up by the sea, and no more heard of. Thus perished... | |
 | John Barrow - 1818 - 450 pages
...afterwards the general was observed by those in the Hinde sitting abaft, with a book in his hand, calling out " Courage, my lads ! we are as near to heaven by sea as by land !" The same night this little bark and all within her were swallowed up by the sea, and no more heard of. Thus perished... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1821 - 624 pages
...extreme peril, and by his exclamation to his men, not long before his little bark was swallowed up, ' Courage, my lads ! we are as near to heaven by sea as by land.' The voyages of Davis, one of the ablest and most fearless seamen that ever trod a deck, added much to hydrographie... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 426 pages
...were heard of him speak of his being seated abaft of the binnacle, with a book in his hand, calling out, ' Courage, my lads ! we are as near to heaven by sea as by land !' This gentleman was half-brother to Sir Walter Raleigh. The first charter of a British colony was... | |
 | Henry Brown - 1844 - 526 pages
...sitting abaft with a book in his hand, crying out to those in another vessel that followed in his wake, " We are as near to Heaven by sea as by land." The same night, a little before twelve o'clock, the lights of the Squirrel suddenly disappeared, and neither vessel... | |
 | John Barrow - 1845 - 540 pages
...the General was seen, sitting abaft, with a book in his hand ; and Mr. Hayes says, was heard to call out, " Courage, my lads ! we are as near to heaven by sea as by land." The same night the little Squirrel and all within her were swallowed up by the sea, and nothing more was ever heard of her, or... | |
 | Timothy Shay Arthur, William Henry Carpenter - 1852 - 374 pages
...abaft, with a book in his hand, crying out to those in another vessel that followed in his wake, " We are as near to heaven by sea as by land." The same night, a little before twelve o'clock, the lights of the Squirrel suddenly disappeared, and neither vessel... | |
 | Timothy Shay Arthur, William Henry Carpenter - 1853 - 354 pages
...sitting abaft, with a book in his hand, crying out to those in another vessel that followed in his wake, "We are as near to heaven by sea as by land." The same night, a little before twelve o'clock, the lights of the Squirrel suddenly disappeared, and neither vessel... | |
 | 1861 - 412 pages
...were lost on their return voyage in 1583, he encouraged his sailors by bidding them remember that " we are as near to heaven by sea as by land." The first actual colony founded by Englishmen was that of Virginia, which still retains (even as a member... | |
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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... 
