 September, in the afternoon, the frigate was near cast away, oppressed by waves, yet at that time recovered : and giving forth signs of joy, the general sitting abaft with a book in his hand, cried out unto us in the Hind (so oft as we did approach within...  Great Ralegh - Page 78by Hugh De Sélincourt - 1908 - 310 pagesFull view - About this book
 | England - 1823 - 478 pages
...interesting manner in which the circumstance is related : — " In the afternoone the frigat was nearc cast away, oppressed by waves, yet at that time recovered, and giving forth signs of joy. The General!, sittiug abaft with a booke in his hand, cried unto us in the hinde so oft... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - American periodicals - 1852 - 610 pages
...cast away oppressed by waves, but at that time recovered, and giving forth signs of joy, the General, sitting abaft with a book in his hand, cried out unto us in the Hinde so often as we did approach within hearing, ' We are as near to heaven by sea as by land,' reiterating... | |
 | James Hamilton Fyfe - Australia - 1863 - 286 pages
...cast away, oppressed by the waves, but at that time recovered. Giving forth signs of joy, the general, sitting abaft with a book in his hand, cried out unto us in the Hinde, so often as we did approach within hearing, ' We are as near to heaven by sea as by land,' reiterating... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - English literature - 1870 - 550 pages
...cast away oppressed by waves, but at that time recovered, and giving forth signs of joy, the General, sitting abaft with a book in his hand, cried out unto us in the Hinde so often as we did approach within hearing, " We are as near to heaven by sea as by land," reiterating... | |
 | Charles Bruce (writer of tales.) - 1872 - 272 pages
...cast away, oppressed by waves, but at that time recovered, and gave forth signs of joy ; the general, sitting abaft with a book in his hand, cried out unto us in the Hindc, so often as we did approach within hearing, " We are as near to heaven by sea as by land" reiterating... | |
 | Casket - 1873 - 874 pages
...ca."t away, oppressed by waves, but at that time recovered, and giving forth signs of joy, the general, amber window sweet. The wandering airs they fiiint On the dark, Hindu so often as we did approach within hearing, 'We are as near u> heaven by sea as by land/ reiterating... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - America - 1877 - 408 pages
...: the same is usual in storms. Monday, the 9th of September, in the afternoon, the frigate was near cast away, oppressed by waves ; yet at that time recovered, and giving forth signs of joy, the general, sitting abaft, with a book in his hand, cried out to us in the " Hind,"... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - Explorers - 1877 - 446 pages
...: the same is usual in storms. Monday, the gth of September, in the afternoon, the frigate was near cast away, oppressed by waves ; yet at that time recovered, and giving forth signs of joy, the general, sitting abaft, with a book in his hand, cried out to us in the " Hind,"... | |
 | Richard Fletcher Charles - 1882 - 360 pages
...cast away oppressed by waves, but at that time recovered, and giving forth signs of jpy, the General, sitting abaft with a book in his hand, cried out unto us in the "Hinde" so often as we did approach within hearing, " We are as near to heaven by sea as by land," reiterating... | |
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