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... bark of about 350 tons , owned by parties in Hull , and commanded by Captain Kent , an expe- rienced seaman . We sailed from London , for Quebec and 1 Montreal , on the 30th August , with an unusually 26 CHRONICLES OF THE ST . LAWRENCE .
... bark of about 350 tons , owned by parties in Hull , and commanded by Captain Kent , an expe- rienced seaman . We sailed from London , for Quebec and 1 Montreal , on the 30th August , with an unusually 26 CHRONICLES OF THE ST . LAWRENCE .
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... Captain for leave to cut away the masts , and get the boats ready , but Captain Kent replied : there is no danger , 6 that he was master , and that the masts would CHRONICLES OF THE ST . LAWRENCE . 27.
... Captain for leave to cut away the masts , and get the boats ready , but Captain Kent replied : there is no danger , 6 that he was master , and that the masts would CHRONICLES OF THE ST . LAWRENCE . 27.
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... Captain , by shifting the sails , got the vessel in deep water . Finding her fast filling , he attempted ( though she was but a stone's throw from the shore when the ship first struck ) to reach the rocks ; she failed , having no helm ...
... Captain , by shifting the sails , got the vessel in deep water . Finding her fast filling , he attempted ( though she was but a stone's throw from the shore when the ship first struck ) to reach the rocks ; she failed , having no helm ...
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... Captain Kent and his luckless passengers . It moaned as of yore , and " What were the wild waves saying ? " Next morning my host told me all about the extraordinary appearance of the bay and beach , strewn with the valuable mer ...
... Captain Kent and his luckless passengers . It moaned as of yore , and " What were the wild waves saying ? " Next morning my host told me all about the extraordinary appearance of the bay and beach , strewn with the valuable mer ...
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... captains and crews , entirely engaged with the fishery , had to make for Quebec , not being able to defend their ships . The enemy landed pillaged , sacked and burnt the houses of the inhabitants — some eight or ten families , who , for ...
... captains and crews , entirely engaged with the fishery , had to make for Quebec , not being able to defend their ships . The enemy landed pillaged , sacked and burnt the houses of the inhabitants — some eight or ten families , who , for ...
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Page 12 - THIS is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms.
Page 13 - This is the forest primeval; But where are the hearts that beneath it Leaped like the roe, When he hears in the woodland The voice of the huntsman?
Page 207 - SWEET MEMORY, wafted by thy gentle gale, Oft up the stream of Time I turn my sail, To view the fairy haunts of long-lost hours, Blest •with far greener shades, far fresher flowers.
Page 167 - Still stands the forest primeval ; but under the shade of its branches Dwells another race, with other customs and language. Only along the shore of the mournful and misty Atlantic Linger a few Acadian peasants, whose fathers from exile Wandered back to their native land to die in its bosom.
Page 24 - Two Voices are there; one is of the Sea, One of the Mountains; each a mighty Voice: In both from age to age Thou didst rejoice, They were thy chosen Music, Liberty!
Page 364 - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore ; There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar : I love not man the less, but nature more...
Page 329 - Sutherland,' she will show two lights in the main topmast shrouds, one over the other. The men to lie quite silent, and when they are about to land, must not, upon any account, fire out of the boats : the officers of the navy are not to be interrupted in their part of the duty ; they will receive their orders from the officer appointed to superintend the whole, to whom they are answerable. Officers of artillery, and detachments of...
Page 73 - Yon shadowy bark hath been to that wreck, And the dim blue fire, that lights her deck, Doth play on as pale and livid a crew As ever yet drank the churchyard dew. To...
Page 231 - Saguenay unique among rivers, and it is yearly visited by thousands of tourists as one of the chief curiosities of the Western World. " The Saguenay is not, properly, a river. It is a tremendous chasm, like that of the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea, cleft for 60 M. through the heart of a mountain wilderness No magical illusions of atmosphere enwrap the scenery of this northern river.
Page 222 - The most remarkable was that in which a vessel with all sail set, at one moment looked like an immense black chest, no sails or masts being visible. On observing her for a time the black body seemed to separate horizontally into two parts ; and two sets of mingled sails occupied the intervening spaces, with one set of very small sails above. The figures afterwards became more distinct, and three images were clearly discerned. Another vessel changed also from the form of a great square flat-topped...