 I see them, escaped from these perils, pursuing their all but desperate undertaking, and landed at last, after a five months' passage, on the ice-clad rocks of Plymouth, weak and weary from the voyage, poorly armed, scantily provisioned, depending on...  The Ladies' Pearl - Strona 2011842Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - Liczba stron: 452
...five months' passage, on the ice clad rocks of Plymouth, — weak and weary from the voyage, 65 — poorly armed, scantily provisioned, depending on the...Shut now the volume of history, and tell me, on any 70 principle of human probability, what shall be the fate of this handful of adventurers. — Tell... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - Liczba stron: 320
...after a five months' passage, on the ice-clad rocks of Plymouth,—weak and weary from the voyage, poorly armed, scantily provisioned, depending on the...draught of beer on board, drinking nothing but water on shore,—without shelter,—without means,—surrounded by hostile tribes. Shut now the volume of history,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - Liczba stron: 418
...billow to billow;—the ocean breaks, and settles with ingulphing floods over the floating deck, 65 —poorly armed, scantily provisioned, depending on...draught of beer on board, drinking nothing but water on shore,—without shelter,—without, means,—surrounded by hostile tribes. 70 principle of human probability,... | |
 | 1825 - Liczba stron: 688
...is too obvi•539 ous to be supremely excellent, the orator proceeds with great eloquence to say, " Shut now the volume of history, and tell me, on any...principle of human probability, what shall be the fate of thia handful of adventurers. Tell me, man of military science, in how many months were they all swept... | |
 | George Merriam - 1828 - Liczba stron: 292
...after a five months' passage, on the ice-clad rocks of Plymouth, — weak and weary from the voyage, poorly armed, scantily provisioned, depending on the charity of their ship-master for a draught of beer'on boaVd, drinking nothing but water on shore, — without shelpgr, without means, — surrounded... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - 1829 - Liczba stron: 62
...the voyage, poorly armed, scantily provisioned, depending on the charity of their ship-master fora draught of beer on board, drinking nothing but water...Shut now the volume of history, and tell me, on any prinINDUCTIVE ciple of human probability, what shall be the fate of this handful of adventurers. —... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - Liczba stron: 420
...five months' passage, on the ice-clad rocks of Plymouth, — weak and weary from the voyage, 65 — poorly armed, scantily provisioned, depending on the...board, drinking nothing but water on shore, — without shelier, — without means, — surrounded by hostile tribes. Shut now the volume of history, and tell... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1836 - Liczba stron: 522
...the world has seen—from this weak and weary band of exiles, poorly armed (as he describes them), " scantily provisioned, depending on the charity of...but water on shore, without shelter, without means. and surrounded by hostile tribes"—more than half their number (he could have added) perishing on... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1836 - Liczba stron: 530
...band of exiles, poorly armed (as he describes them), " scantily provisioned, depending on the chanty of their ship-master for a draught of beer on board,...but water on shore, without shelter, without means. and surrounded by hostile tribes"—more than half their number (he could have added) perishing on... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1836 - Liczba stron: 652
...a five months' passage, on the ice clad rocks of Plymouth, — weak and weary from the voyage, — poorly armed, scantily provisioned, depending on the charity of their ship-master for a draft of beer on board, drinking nothing but water on shore, — without shelter, — without means,... | |
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