Journal of Voyages and Travels by the Rev. Daniel Tyerman and George Bennet, Esq: Deputed from the London Missionary Society, to Visit Their Various Stations in the South Sea Islands, China, India, &c. Between the Years 1821 and 1829, 1. köideCrocker and Brewster, 1832 |
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... frequently suffered by passengers from lack of a little foresight and good management in this respect . Being our- selves almost new to the sea , the effect of every thing on board was strange to us . The grunting of the swine , the ...
... frequently suffered by passengers from lack of a little foresight and good management in this respect . Being our- selves almost new to the sea , the effect of every thing on board was strange to us . The grunting of the swine , the ...
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... frequent process at this commence- ment of our navigation ) , particularly struck us . But the following incident may be more intelligible than a descrip- tion of a nautical ceremony . " Cook , " says the steward , " milk the goat ...
... frequent process at this commence- ment of our navigation ) , particularly struck us . But the following incident may be more intelligible than a descrip- tion of a nautical ceremony . " Cook , " says the steward , " milk the goat ...
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... frequently been stung by it while bathing . Though we handled that which was brought on board very freely , none of us felt any annoyance from it . Linnæus de- nominates this kind of mollusca holocuria physalis . Towards evening there ...
... frequently been stung by it while bathing . Though we handled that which was brought on board very freely , none of us felt any annoyance from it . Linnæus de- nominates this kind of mollusca holocuria physalis . Towards evening there ...
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... frequent squalls , furnishing constant work for all hands , in reefing , unreefing , and shifting sails , & c . It seems that the trade winds , notwithstanding their ordinary steadiness , are liable to considerable irregularities , and ...
... frequent squalls , furnishing constant work for all hands , in reefing , unreefing , and shifting sails , & c . It seems that the trade winds , notwithstanding their ordinary steadiness , are liable to considerable irregularities , and ...
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... frequently spent our Sabbaths in pleasure on the Thames . Early in the week , on the occa- sion referred to , I and four others had planned a Sunday party down the river ; to make the most of it , we agreed to embark on Saturday ...
... frequently spent our Sabbaths in pleasure on the Thames . Early in the week , on the occa- sion referred to , I and four others had planned a Sunday party down the river ; to make the most of it , we agreed to embark on Saturday ...
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Page 247 - Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind...
Page 267 - He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: He maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. He maketh a path to shine after him; One would think the deep to be hoary.
Page 271 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark: but it shall be one day which shall be known to the Lord, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
Page 139 - Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord ; for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith.
Page 2 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 4 - They that go down to the sea in ships, That do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, And his wonders in the deep.
Page 22 - And A Man shall be as an hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest ; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
Page 17 - LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee ? or to thy faithfulness round about thee ? 9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
Page 232 - And they saw the God of Israel : and there was under his feet, as it were, a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
Page 222 - I lead in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of judgment: That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance ; And I will fill their treasures.