The Life of NelsonJohn Murray, 1831 - 352 страници |
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... ships , and , therefore , best adapted for such a voyage ; and they were taken into dock and strengthened , to render them as secure as pos- sible against the ice . Two masters of Greenland- men were employed as pilots for each ship ...
... ships , and , therefore , best adapted for such a voyage ; and they were taken into dock and strengthened , to render them as secure as pos- sible against the ice . Two masters of Greenland- men were employed as pilots for each ship ...
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... ships . The weather was exceed- ingly fine , mild , and unusually clear . Here they were becalmed in a large bay , with three apparent openings between the islands which formed it ; but every where , as far as they could see ...
... ships . The weather was exceed- ingly fine , mild , and unusually clear . Here they were becalmed in a large bay , with three apparent openings between the islands which formed it ; but every where , as far as they could see ...
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... ships had entered from the westward was closed , and no open water was in sight , either in that or any other quarter . By the pilots ' advice the men were set to cut a passage and warp through the small open- ings to the westward ...
... ships had entered from the westward was closed , and no open water was in sight , either in that or any other quarter . By the pilots ' advice the men were set to cut a passage and warp through the small open- ings to the westward ...
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... ships , or to betake themselves to the boats . The likelihood that it might be neces- sary to sacrifice the ships had been foreseen ; the : boats , accordingly , were adapted , both in 12 [ 1773 . LIFE OF NELSON .
... ships , or to betake themselves to the boats . The likelihood that it might be neces- sary to sacrifice the ships had been foreseen ; the : boats , accordingly , were adapted , both in 12 [ 1773 . LIFE OF NELSON .
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... ships had driven into shoal water , having but fourteen fathoms . Should they , or the ice to which they were fast , take the ground , they must inevitably be lost and at this time they were driving fast toward some rocks on the N. E. ...
... ships had driven into shoal water , having but fourteen fathoms . Should they , or the ice to which they were fast , take the ground , they must inevitably be lost and at this time they were driving fast toward some rocks on the N. E. ...
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