An Account of a Voyage to India, China &c. in His Majesty's Ship Caroline: Performed in the Years 1803-4-5, Interspersed with Descriptive Sketches and Cursory RemarksR. Phillips, 1806 - 138 страници |
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... latter , rises at first with a gradual , and afterwards with a very steep ascent , in the form of an amphitheatre . From the sea up to the steep part , the whole is covered with vineyards , villas , orangeries , churches , and convents ...
... latter , rises at first with a gradual , and afterwards with a very steep ascent , in the form of an amphitheatre . From the sea up to the steep part , the whole is covered with vineyards , villas , orangeries , churches , and convents ...
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... latter , the instant he sets his foot on shore , pestering him with their certificates , and soliciting per- mission to attend upon massa . If he gets clear off the beach in a quarter of an hour , he may think himself very lucky : and ...
... latter , the instant he sets his foot on shore , pestering him with their certificates , and soliciting per- mission to attend upon massa . If he gets clear off the beach in a quarter of an hour , he may think himself very lucky : and ...
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... latter place , which is some 40 or 50 miles below Calcutta , the regular Indiamen always moor , refit , and take in , or discharge their cargoes . Ships , however , of any size , may lie close to the walls of Cal- cutta , nay , go ...
... latter place , which is some 40 or 50 miles below Calcutta , the regular Indiamen always moor , refit , and take in , or discharge their cargoes . Ships , however , of any size , may lie close to the walls of Cal- cutta , nay , go ...
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... the skull ; as if the former was meant to be the fixed point , and the latter the movable . The fact is , that in this animal , when opening his mouth to 1803 . any great extent , while the lower jaw 22 DESCRIPTIVE SKETCHES.
... the skull ; as if the former was meant to be the fixed point , and the latter the movable . The fact is , that in this animal , when opening his mouth to 1803 . any great extent , while the lower jaw 22 DESCRIPTIVE SKETCHES.
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... latter description of ships , can only account for this . We here witnessed the asto- nishing effects of that wonderful mineral , Mercury , which is a cure for almost every disease in this climate ; no sooner does it begin to salivate ...
... latter description of ships , can only account for this . We here witnessed the asto- nishing effects of that wonderful mineral , Mercury , which is a cure for almost every disease in this climate ; no sooner does it begin to salivate ...
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Æneid anchor animal appearance arrival bamboo banks beautiful Bengal BIRD'S NEST SOUP birds boats Bocca Tigris breeze Calcutta called calomel Canton China Chinese climate clouds coast considerable convoy cool Coromandel coast course curious decks Diamond harbour disease distance English European frequently Ganges harbour heat Helena hills houses inhabitants instantly Kedgeree kind Ladder hill land length Lintin liver lunar caustic Macao Madras Malacca Malay manner men of war miles monsoon mountains mouth natives night obliged officers pagodas palankeen passage passing Penang pieces pleasant poison Poolo Portuguese precipices Prince of Wales's river roads rocks round sail sailors Saugur scene seems seldom Sept settlement ship shoal shore sickness side sight singular situated sometimes straits streets Sumatra summit Sunderbunds surf Tigris town trees utmost vessel VOYAGE TO INDIA Wales's island weather whole winds
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Страница 97 - Through this day's life or death. This day, be bread and peace my lot; All else beneath the sun, Thou know'st if best bestowed or not: And let thy will be done. To thee, whose temple is all space. Whose altar earth, sea, skies, One chorus let all being raise, All nature's incense rise!
Страница 98 - Delightful Scenes, whether in Nature, Painting, or Poetry, have a kindly Influence on the Body, as well as the Mind, and not only serve to clear and brighten the Imagination, but are able to disperse Grief and Melancholy, and to set the Animal Spirits in pleasing and agreeable Motions.
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