... climbed into it, (without feeling that, in doing so, I broke my shins severely,) to give my assistance ; and when we were just ready to despair, the yawl eased and rose, no one knew how, and was over the side, and floating in the water, more quickly,... Personal Narrative of a Mission to the South of India, from 1820 to 1828 - Page 7by Elijah Hoole - 1829 - 332 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charles Williams - Geography - 1828 - 946 pages
...side, and floating in the water, more quickly, the seamen said, than they had ever before seen it. " Captain Dacre had already affirmed, in answer to my...and sufficiently filled it, leaving the vessel with honorable reluctance ; while the first mate, Mr. Ibbetson, gallantly remained on board to the last,... | |
| Gift books - 1846 - 404 pages
...side, and floating in the water, more quickly, the seamen said, than they had ever before seen it. " Captain Dacre had already affirmed, in answer to my...and sufficiently filled it, leaving the vessel with honorable reluctance ; while the first mate, Mr. Ibbetson, gallantly remained on board to the last,... | |
| Christian literature, American - 1848 - 412 pages
...side, and floating in the water, more quickly, the seamen said, than they had ever before seen it. " Captain Dacre had already affirmed, in answer to my...and sufficiently filled it, leaving the vessel with honorable reluctance ; while the first mate, Mr. Ibbetson, gallantly remained on board to the last,,... | |
| American literature - 1851 - 426 pages
...side, and floating in the water, more quickly, the seamen said, than they had ever before seen it. " Captain Dacre had already affirmed, in answer to my...and sufficiently filled it, leaving the vessel with honorable reluctance ; while the first mate, Mr. Ibbetson, gallantly remained on board to' the last,... | |
| Charles Thomas Courtney Lewis - Color prints - 1911 - 544 pages
...for the first time, and other missionaries, are seen escaping in the boats from the burning ship. " The two ladies, one of whom had to be hurried from...and our weight sank it nearly to the water's edge" (Hoole's Missions in Madras, etc., p. 10). Under the print, engraved in the centre, is the above title... | |
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