The tour of ... m. de la Boullaye le Gouz in Ireland, A.D. 1644, ed. by T.C. Croker, with notes by J. Roche [and others]. |
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... in the latitude 55 degrees 40 minutes . 8 The captain of the vessel , instead of
consulting the compass to avoid. 3 This ship was either the Lyon of 42 guns ,
Captain William Smith , or the Bonaventure of 36 guns , Captain Richard
Swanley ...
... in the latitude 55 degrees 40 minutes . 8 The captain of the vessel , instead of
consulting the compass to avoid. 3 This ship was either the Lyon of 42 guns ,
Captain William Smith , or the Bonaventure of 36 guns , Captain Richard
Swanley ...
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Finding sufficient water , our captain wished to approach nearer ; but we were
astonished that all at once it disappeared . Having a different direction we met the
same appearance again . The captain desiring to know what it was , ordered
them ...
Finding sufficient water , our captain wished to approach nearer ; but we were
astonished that all at once it disappeared . Having a different direction we met the
same appearance again . The captain desiring to know what it was , ordered
them ...
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Then Captain Smitz quietly spoke as follows : - “ Harkee , my boys ; I have once
already been taken by the Parliamentarians , when my vessel was wrecked with
Dutch troops on board for the service of His Majesty . I would rather die a ...
Then Captain Smitz quietly spoke as follows : - “ Harkee , my boys ; I have once
already been taken by the Parliamentarians , when my vessel was wrecked with
Dutch troops on board for the service of His Majesty . I would rather die a ...
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had not put their helm about , they would have captured us , in consequence of
our Captain not having taken the precaution to put chains to hold the yards ,
either because he had none , or that in the heat of the action it had slipped his
memory ...
had not put their helm about , they would have captured us , in consequence of
our Captain not having taken the precaution to put chains to hold the yards ,
either because he had none , or that in the heat of the action it had slipped his
memory ...
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Aitkins ' s rock , ” by Captain Vidal , of the Royal Navy , and the delineation of the
sub - marine bank which now bears his name , are labours that have in some
measure dispelled the mist of enchantment from the navigation of the north - west
...
Aitkins ' s rock , ” by Captain Vidal , of the Royal Navy , and the delineation of the
sub - marine bank which now bears his name , are labours that have in some
measure dispelled the mist of enchantment from the navigation of the north - west
...
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Էջ 68 - Created hugest that swim the ocean stream : Him haply slumbering on the Norway foam, The pilot of some small night-founder'd skiff Deeming some island, oft, as seamen tell, With fixed anchor in his scaly rind Moors by his side under the lee, while night Invests the sea, and wished morn delays...
Էջ 68 - Prone on the Flood, extended long and large Lay floating many a rood, in bulk as huge As whom the Fables name of monstrous size, Titanian, or Earth-born, that warr'd on Jove, Briareos or Typhon, whom the Den By ancient Tarsus held, or that Sea-beast Leviathan, which God of all his works Created hugest that swim th...
Էջ 128 - And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Էջ 79 - Jam variae pelagi volucres, et quae Asia circum Dulcibus in stagnis rimantur prata Caystri, Certatim largos humeris infundere rores, Nunc caput objectare fretis, nunc currere in undas Et studio incassum videas gestire lavandi. Tum cornix plena pluviam vocat improba voce Et sola in sicca secum spatiatur arena.
Էջ 42 - Good Lord ! what a sight, After all their good cheer, For people to fight In the midst of their beer! They rise from their feast, And hot are their brains, A cubit at least The length of their skeans 3 . "What stabs, and what cuts, What clattering of sticks!
Էջ 117 - Atlantic. Hence, not to use water for drink, The people of Ireland determine — With mighty good reason, I think, Since St. Patrick has filled it with vermin And vipers, and other such...
Էջ 44 - For cloaks they have five or six yards of frize drawn round the neck, the body, and over the head, and they never quit this mantle either in sleeping, working, or eating. The generality of them have no shirts, and about as many lice as hairs on their heads, which they kill before each other without any ceremony.
Էջ 128 - Looking from the window into the court-yard belonging to the house, we beheld two women grinding at the mill in a manner most forcibly illustrating the saying of our Saviour before alluded to.
Էջ 115 - Thou shalt tread upon the lion and the adder, the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
Էջ 137 - Naas, it being uncomely his Majesty should not have one here of his own, capable to lodge him with moderate conveniency, (which, in truth, as yet he hath not) in case he might be pleased sometimes hereafter to look upon this kingdom, and that it was necessary in a manner, for the dignity of this place, and the health of his Deputy and family, that there should be one removing house of fresh air, for want whereof...
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| Վերնագիր | The tour of ... m. de la Boullaye le Gouz in Ireland, A.D. 1644, ed. by T.C. Croker, with notes by J. Roche [and others]. |
| Հեղինակ | François de La Boullaye le Gouz |
| Editor | Thomas Crofton Croker |
| Հրատարակված | 1837 |
| Original from | Օքսֆորդի համալսարան |
| Digitized | 10 Ապրիլ 2007 |
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