 | 1824 - 394 pages
...driven away by their cruelty, had sought a more honourable course of life on board a West India trader. It was at a period when a long and profitless summer...heavens ; nor was any one more capable than himself of tracing the most distant indications of tempest. Nature had for several months were a placid, and to... | |
 | Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1826 - 550 pages
...in early life, and sought to obtain an honourable subsistence as the mate of a West Indian trader. It was at a period when a long and profitless summer...indications of a tempest. Nature had for several months worn a placid and most encouraging aspect. The soft and azure sky seemed to rest upon the transparent... | |
 | 1827 - 700 pages
...in early life, and sought to obtain an honourable subsistence as the mate of a West Indian trader. It was at a period when a long and profitless summer...autumn had nearly passed away, that Terloggan, like the vnlture, ever watchful for his prey, vtas more than usually observant of the signs of the heavens ;... | |
 | 1828 - 400 pages
...driven away by their cruelty, had sought a more honourable course of life on board a West Indian trader. It was at a period when a long and profitless summer...heavens : nor was any one more capable than himself of tracing the most distant indications of tempest. Nature had for several months worn a placid, and to... | |
 | 1829 - 348 pages
...in early life, and sought to obtain an honourable subsistence as the mate of a West Indian trader. It was at a period when a long and profitless summer...indications of a tempest. Nature had for several months worn a placid and most encouraging aspect. The soft and azure sky seemed to rest upon the transparent... | |
 | Old Sailor - 1826 - 534 pages
...away by their cruelty, had sought a more •honorable course of life on board a West Indian trader. It was at a period when 'a long and profitless summer...heavens : nor was any one more capable than himself of tracing the most distant indications of tempest, Nature had for several months worn a placid, and to... | |
 | British and foreign sailors' society - 1845 - 516 pages
...in early life, and sought to obtain an honourable subsistence as the mate of a West Indian trader. " It was at a period, when a long and profitless summer...away, that Terloggan, like the vulture, ever watchful of his prey, was more than usually observant of the signs of the heavens ; nor was any one more capable... | |
 | Chronicles of the sea - 1838 - 488 pages
...driven away by their cruelty, had sought a more honourable course of life on board a West Indian trader. It was at a period when a long and profitless summer and autumn had nearly passed away, that Tcrloggau, like the vulture, ever watchful for his prey, was more than usually observant of the signs... | |
 | 1881 - 426 pages
...in early life, and sought to obtain an honourable subsistence as the mate of a West Indian trader. It was at a period when a long and profitless summer...nearly passed away, that Terloggan, like the vulture, ever-watchful for his prey, was more than usually observant of the signs of the heavens ; nor was any... | |
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... subsistence as the mate of a West Indian trader. It was at a period when a long and profitless summer and autumn had nearly passed away, that Terloggan, like the vulture, ever watchful for his prey, was more than usually observant of the signs of... 