Around the World: A Narrative of a Voyage in the East India Squadron, Under Commodore George C. ReadC. S. Francis, 1840 |
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... hill of Tull reared in sight , near which the bold and fortified little island of Kenery with its caves , and the flats of Henery stand to mark the old haunts of the Malabar pi- rates , under the renowned Tulagria Nugria : and , not ...
... hill of Tull reared in sight , near which the bold and fortified little island of Kenery with its caves , and the flats of Henery stand to mark the old haunts of the Malabar pi- rates , under the renowned Tulagria Nugria : and , not ...
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... hills front- ing and commanding the anchorage . Not far distant , on an elevation of the same range , were the chapel and convent , with the covered - ways , redoubts , and mossy walls of Nossa Senhora de la Cabo . Here it was , in days ...
... hills front- ing and commanding the anchorage . Not far distant , on an elevation of the same range , were the chapel and convent , with the covered - ways , redoubts , and mossy walls of Nossa Senhora de la Cabo . Here it was , in days ...
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... hills rose toward the distant Ghauts , like fancy - shaped terraces and knolls . The greatest variety of foliage covered them ... hill , upon which the build- ings closely stood , every thing appeared , as we might have expected , in any ...
... hills rose toward the distant Ghauts , like fancy - shaped terraces and knolls . The greatest variety of foliage covered them ... hill , upon which the build- ings closely stood , every thing appeared , as we might have expected , in any ...
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... hill and dale , with several large old build- ings , and the grand church of St. Jago , in a deep glen , close to the river . Thence we ascended far up to the commanding site of Old Goa , where once the court and grandeur of the eastern ...
... hill and dale , with several large old build- ings , and the grand church of St. Jago , in a deep glen , close to the river . Thence we ascended far up to the commanding site of Old Goa , where once the court and grandeur of the eastern ...
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... , with a white tower used as a light - house , and some distant hills were all that could be seen , excepting the continuous verdure that clad the crescent shores of the anchorage . CHAPTER II . " Here amid these orchards of the.
... , with a white tower used as a light - house , and some distant hills were all that could be seen , excepting the continuous verdure that clad the crescent shores of the anchorage . CHAPTER II . " Here amid these orchards of the.
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Acheen American anchor appeared Archipelago arms arrived Badang bamboo Battas bazaar beautiful boats BOOKIT called Canton captain Wyman China Chinese coast Colombo commodore deck Dutch east eastern edict English European extensive factories Fan-qui favourable feast feet flag flowers foreign frigate fruits gate gongs Government Hill grand harbour head hill Hindoo Hong merchants honour hundred India interesting island John Adams junks kind land Macao Malacca Malays mandarin ment miles missionaries moon morning Muckie natives nearly nutmeg Oahu occupied officers Old Goa once opium Palembang passage passed pepper piculs Pinang port Portuguese priests Quallah Battoo Raffles Institute rajah rice rich river sail seen sent settlement ship shore side sight silver Singapore Sir Stamford Raffles soon Soosoo standing stood stranger Sumatra tain temple thence tion trade trees vessels wall Whampoa wind
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Seite 95 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more. My ear is pain'd, My soul is sick, with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is fill'd. There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart, It does not feel for man ; the natural bond Of brotherhood is sever'd as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire.
Seite 138 - Gul in her bloom ; Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit ; And the voice of the nightingale never is mute ; Where the tints of the earth, and the hues of the sky, In colour though varied, in beauty may vie...
Seite 67 - And everybody praised the Duke Who this great fight did win." " But what good came of it at last ?" Quoth little Peterkin. " Why, that I cannot tell," said he,
Seite 343 - Man through all ages of revolving time, Unchanging man, in every varying clime, Deems his own land of every land the pride, Beloved by Heaven o'er all the world beside; His home the spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest.
Seite 110 - Come, bright improvement! on the car of time, And rule the spacious world from clime to clime ; Thy handmaid arts shall every wild explore, Trace every wave, and culture every shore.
Seite 322 - BRIGHT flag at yonder tapering mast. Fling out your field of azure blue ; Let star and stripe be westward cast, And point as Freedom's eagle flew! Strain home ! O lithe and quivering spars ! Point home, my country's flag of stars ! The wind blows fair, the vessel feels The pressure of the rising breeze, And, swiftest of a thousand keels.
Seite 1 - OFT has it been my lot to mark A proud, conceited, talking spark, With eyes that hardly served at most To guard their master 'gainst a post : Yet round the world the blade has been, To see whatever could be seen. Returning from his...
Seite 292 - The empire, in ruling and restraining the barbarians beyond its boundaries, gives to them always fixed rules and regulations. Upon those who are obedient, it lavishes its rich favours ; but to the rebellious and disobedient, it displays its terrors.
Seite 241 - Afar in the ocean, towards the extremities of the north-west, There is a nation, or country, called England : The clime is frigid, and you are compelled to approach the fire ; The houses are so lofty that you may pluck the stars. The pious inhabitants respect the ceremonies of worship, And the virtuous among them ever read the sacred books.
Seite 184 - ... that it may be burnt and destroyed, and that thus the evil may be entirely extirpated. There must not be the smallest atom concealed or withheld. " At the same time let these foreigners give a bond, written jointly in the foreign and Chinese languages, making a declaration to this effect...