A Journal of a Voyage to LisbonJ. Wenman, 1785 - 149 páginas |
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Página 58
... favour of his long - boat to conduct us to Dover , at about feven miles diftance ; and , at the fame time , prefumed to make ufe of a great lady's name , who would , I told him , be pleased with any kindness fhewn by him towards us in ...
... favour of his long - boat to conduct us to Dover , at about feven miles diftance ; and , at the fame time , prefumed to make ufe of a great lady's name , who would , I told him , be pleased with any kindness fhewn by him towards us in ...
Página 62
... favour of the poor thing , as he called it ; the fails were inftantly flackened , and all hands , as the phrafe is , employed to recover the poor animal . I was , I own , extremely furprised at all this ; lefs , indeed , at the ...
... favour of the poor thing , as he called it ; the fails were inftantly flackened , and all hands , as the phrafe is , employed to recover the poor animal . I was , I own , extremely furprised at all this ; lefs , indeed , at the ...
Página 78
... favour must have palled every tafte ; nature , or fortune , or both of them , took care to provide a proper quantity of acid , in the materials that formed the wife , and to render her a perfect Helpmate for fo tranquil a husband . She ...
... favour must have palled every tafte ; nature , or fortune , or both of them , took care to provide a proper quantity of acid , in the materials that formed the wife , and to render her a perfect Helpmate for fo tranquil a husband . She ...
Página 94
... favour . First then , as to its fituation , it is , I think , moit delightful , and in the moft pleasant spot in the whole island . It is true it wants the advan- tage of that beautiful river , which leads from Newport to Cowes : but ...
... favour . First then , as to its fituation , it is , I think , moit delightful , and in the moft pleasant spot in the whole island . It is true it wants the advan- tage of that beautiful river , which leads from Newport to Cowes : but ...
Página 100
... hurricane . The captain having got , as he fuppofed , to a fafe diftance , tacked again to- wards the Englifh fhore ; and now the wind weered a point only in his favour , and continued 1 . to blow with fuch violence , that the 100 A VOYAGE.
... hurricane . The captain having got , as he fuppofed , to a fafe diftance , tacked again to- wards the Englifh fhore ; and now the wind weered a point only in his favour , and continued 1 . to blow with fuch violence , that the 100 A VOYAGE.
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