Voyage of the United States Frigate Potomac,: Under the Command of Commodore John Downes, During the Circumnavigation of the Globe, in the Years 1831, 1832, 1833, and 1834; Including a Particular Account of the Engagement at Quallah-Battoo, on the Coast of Sumatra; with All the Official Documents Relating to the SameHarper & brothers, 1835 - 560 pages |
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... of the Mediterranean , for the service our naval heroes had rendered the commercial world . In the last war , in which our navy was so efficient and successful , most of the officers now holding a high rank bore CHAPTER.
... of the Mediterranean , for the service our naval heroes had rendered the commercial world . In the last war , in which our navy was so efficient and successful , most of the officers now holding a high rank bore CHAPTER.
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... officers now holding a high rank bore an honourable part . In that contest they not only fought and conquered those " Whose flag has braved , a thousand years , The battle and the breeze ; " but at the same time achieved a more wondrous ...
... officers now holding a high rank bore an honourable part . In that contest they not only fought and conquered those " Whose flag has braved , a thousand years , The battle and the breeze ; " but at the same time achieved a more wondrous ...
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... officers abroad , in the great cause of national honcur ; where they have exerted themselves seriously to impress on the minds of all , that the United States , as a people , have no appetite for conquest no desire for monopoly ; but ...
... officers abroad , in the great cause of national honcur ; where they have exerted themselves seriously to impress on the minds of all , that the United States , as a people , have no appetite for conquest no desire for monopoly ; but ...
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... officers with whom I had been pre- viously acquainted . Here I received an invitation from the commodore to join the Potomac as his private secretary , the gentleman who had previously filled that station having died at.
... officers with whom I had been pre- viously acquainted . Here I received an invitation from the commodore to join the Potomac as his private secretary , the gentleman who had previously filled that station having died at.
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... officers of the higher grades for some incidents of the voyage , noted down by them on going below from their ... officer , had kept a copious record , day by day , as the incidents of the voyage passed before him , which notes were ...
... officers of the higher grades for some incidents of the voyage , noted down by them on going below from their ... officer , had kept a copious record , day by day , as the incidents of the voyage passed before him , which notes were ...
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Acheen American anchor anchorage appearance Argentine arrival Batavia beautiful boat Brazil breeze Buenos Ayres Callao called Canton Cape character China Chinese climate clouds coast of Sumatra colony command commerce commodore consul crew distance Dutch dysentery east eighteen hundred English Falkland Falkland Islands fathoms favourable feet fifteen hundred fifty foreign four frequently frigate governor harbour honour India inhabitants island Java Javans King labour land latitude Lieutenant Lima Macao Malays ment miles monsoon morning mountains nations natives northeast northwest Oahu ocean officers Palembang passage passed pepper piculs port Portuguese Potomac present procured Pulo Quallah-Battoo rajah Rejangs river sailed seen seventeen hundred ship shore Shubrick sick-list side soon southeast square miles Strait Strait of Sunda Sumatra thermometer thousand tion town trade twelve twenty United Valparaiso vegetables Vernet vessels voyage whole wind
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Page 420 - Shall we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, — Shall we, to men benighted, The lamp of life deny?
Page 331 - Give back the lost and lovely ! — those for whom The place was kept at board and hearth so long ! The prayer went up through midnight's breathless gloom, And the vain yearning woke 'midst festal song ! Hold fast thy buried isles, thy towers o'erthrown — But all is not thine own.
Page 419 - From Greenland's icy mountains ; From India's coral strand ; Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand ; From many an ancient river ; From many a palmy plain ; They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain.
Page 360 - And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Page 133 - And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
Page 148 - Or stretch'd amid these orchards of the sun, Give me to drain the cocoa's milky bowl, And from the palm to draw its freshening wine ! More bounteous far than all the frantic juice Which Bacchus pours.
Page 133 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. The name of the first is Pison : that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold ; and the gold of that land is good : there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
Page 133 - By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
Page 377 - ... hurried into the city, and committed to prison. Such an outrage on personal liberty spread a general alarm ; and the Europeans unanimously agreed to send for their boats, with armed men, from the shipping, for the security of themselves and their property, until the matter should be brought to a conclusion. The boats accordingly came, and ours among the number ; one of which was fired on and a man wounded. All trade was stopped, and the Chinese men-of-war drawn up opposite the factories.
Page 171 - Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.