The Narraganset Chief: Or, The Adventures of a WandererJ. K. Porter, 1832 - 195 стор. |
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adventures amongst arms arrived asked boat brig brought Cadiz called captain Caroline commenced companion considerable crew cried dark death deck distance dollars door doubloon drew elephant enemy English enquired entered escape eyes father fell fellow felucca fire forecastle frigate grog guns hands Harry Neale Havanna Havre de Grace head heard heart horse Hottentots hove immediately Indian Laguira land larboard launch liberty Lieutenant loaded look Lord Byron Lord Castlereagh lordship merchant miles mind misanthropy Miss Kitty's morning mother NARRAGANSET night o'clock officer ourselves passed passenger pedler pirate pistols prison proceeded reached received remained replied returned Rio Janeiro river sail sailors schooner sent sheriff shipped on board shore short side Sir Archibald slaves sloop sloop of war soldiers soon soul Spanish stood thing thou thought threw told took vessel village wagon wind wished wounded
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Сторінка 60 - So farewell hope, and with hope farewell fear, Farewell remorse : all good to me is lost ; Evil, be thou my good : by thee at least Divided empire with heaven's King I hold, By thee, and more than half perhaps will reign ; As man ere long and this new world shall know.
Сторінка 100 - No;" whereupon the man in the stern of the boat ordered one of the men to throw him a rope. The rope was handed him, and it being made fast to the boat, he came alongside. He ascended the. ladder, and came on board with all his men excepting four, who remained in the boat. The captain of these desperadoes was a tall, slender man, dark complexioned, and terrible in aspect.
Сторінка 103 - when you arrive at Liverpool, two dollars to pay the porter for carrying your trunk ;" he laid down the money ; " your passage to London will cost you £2 10s. ;" he counted it out and placed it with the two dollars ; " your dinner will come to five shillings, and you may want £2 more to treat some of your friends ;" he laid down the money with the rest ; " and for fear that will not be sufficient, here are twenty-five dollars more.
Сторінка 4 - L [Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1833, by William Jay, in the Office of the Clerk of the Southern District of New- York.] MISCELLANEOUS AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Сторінка 190 - He was a man of about five feet eight inches in height ; well proportioned, all save his right foot, which turned in considerably.
Сторінка 104 - I'd sooner face the battery of a ninety-eight than stern the torrent of female eloquence !" He then ordered some brandy for himself and his men. ' The liquor was brought ; I poured out a glass full for him, when he said, ".Stop ! captain, just be so good as to drink this off yourself; after , you is manners. I don't know what some of you Yankee inventors may have put into this liquor. You may have thrown an onyx in the cup." The captain drank it off readily. The pirate eyed the captain closely for...
Сторінка 101 - Fill up that bucket," said he, " and carry it down the forecastle for the men to drink." I took jp the bucket at which he pointed, carried it into the cabin, and filled it with liquor. I then took it forward to the forecastle, where the men received it and conveyed it below. As soon as the crew had got below, and were assembled around the bucket, the pirate placed two of his men upon the scuttle to prevent any of the crew from coming on deck, while he with two of his gang stuck close to the captain...
Сторінка 105 - begin to travel up the fore rigging. But mind!" said he, " stop when I tell you!" The captain and mate had proceeded half way up the lower rigging, when he summoned them to halt. The captain was about stepping upon the next rattling, when the pirate again hailed him — " If you stir an inch backward or forward," said he, " you will come down faster than you went up.
Сторінка 106 - ... boat... and was soon lost to our view beneath the foliage of the thick underwood which lined the shore and hung over the green wave. Nothing more deserving of remark occurred until we reached Havanna, in which' place I left the ship, and forgot to return to her.
Сторінка 101 - Our captain then cut short the interrogations of the pirate, by saying, " I know your business." The pirate then turned to our crew, and asked them what sort of usage they had received since they left Europe. " Tolerable," they replied, " but very little grog." The pirate then called for the steward. I made my appearance. " Have you plenty of grog on board ?" enquired he. I replied in the affirmative. " Fill up that bucket," said he, "and carry it down the forcastle for the men to drink.