 | William Macneile Dixon - 1917 - 174 pages
...less famous — Humphrey Gilbert, who, at the height of the storm in which he perished, cried out, "We are as near to heaven by sea as by land " ; the fearless Davis, who gave his name to the Straits, and wrote of the seaman that noble sentence of praise,... | |
 | David Patrick, William Geddie - 1924 - 862 pages
...forth signs of joy, the general, sitting abaft with a book in liis 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 s\yallowed up by the sea.'... | |
 | Clara Elizabeth Laughlin - 1926 - 652 pages
...and, giving forth signs of joy, the general, sitting abaft with a book in his hand, cried unto us, "We are as near to heaven by sea as by land." . . . The same Monday night, about 12, the frigate being ahead of us, suddenly her lights were out ... in that moment... | |
 | Mervyn Savill - 1951 - 220 pages
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 | Harold Lamb - 1955 - 358 pages
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 | Alan Villiers - 1957 - 368 pages
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 | Frank Knight - 1958 - 302 pages
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 | H. Wood Jarvis - 1968 - 428 pages
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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... 
