Supplement to the Connecticut Courant: Containing Tales, Travels, History, Biography, Poetry, and a Great Variety of Miscellaneous Articles, Volume 4J. L. Boswell., 1835 |
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... whale , as though hurt by a sudden and unexpected concussion , shook its enor- mous head , and sheered off to so consider- able a distance , that for some time we had lost sight of her from the starboard quar- ter ; of which we were ...
... whale , as though hurt by a sudden and unexpected concussion , shook its enor- mous head , and sheered off to so consider- able a distance , that for some time we had lost sight of her from the starboard quar- ter ; of which we were ...
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... whale . The English , and after them , the Dutch , followed in the pur- mit . We are informed that the Norwegi- ans in the 9th , and the Icelanders in the Ith centuries , prosecuted the business with considerable zeal and success . It ...
... whale . The English , and after them , the Dutch , followed in the pur- mit . We are informed that the Norwegi- ans in the 9th , and the Icelanders in the Ith centuries , prosecuted the business with considerable zeal and success . It ...
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... whale , or read. tioned at the steering - oar , which is made long and elastic in order to give the boat a sudden turn when the whale changes his direction , which place he occupies until the whale is fastened to by the boat - steerer ...
... whale , or read. tioned at the steering - oar , which is made long and elastic in order to give the boat a sudden turn when the whale changes his direction , which place he occupies until the whale is fastened to by the boat - steerer ...
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... whale , or read a minute and accurate description of him , it will seem a little surprising to learn that whalebone ... Whale . This species of whale has but two fins , viz : the pectoral , which denomination they receive from ...
... whale , or read a minute and accurate description of him , it will seem a little surprising to learn that whalebone ... Whale . This species of whale has but two fins , viz : the pectoral , which denomination they receive from ...
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... whale be slow , are speedily lowered . Should the whale not be on the bright look - out , he soon feels the harpoon in his sides . And now look out for flukes , for in the agony of his pain , in his writhings and contortions , being ...
... whale be slow , are speedily lowered . Should the whale not be on the bright look - out , he soon feels the harpoon in his sides . And now look out for flukes , for in the agony of his pain , in his writhings and contortions , being ...
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Page 308 - For thou hast said in thine heart, 'I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God : I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the most High.
Page 202 - O Lord, how manifold are thy works: in wisdom hast thou made them all ; the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea : wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
Page 280 - Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him ; let him know that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
Page 278 - Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, That Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Page 274 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Page 8 - Those morning haunts are where they should be, at home; not sleeping, or concocting the surfeits of an irregular feast, but up and stirring, in winter often ere the sound of any bell awake men to labour or to devotion; in summer as oft with the bird that first rouses, or not much tardier, to read good authors, or cause them to be read, till the attention be weary, or memory have its full fraught: then, with useful and generous labours preserving the body's health and hardiness to render lightsome,...
Page 36 - MAN that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down, like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
Page 490 - In another walk to Salisbury he saw a poor man with a poorer horse that was fallen under his load ; they were both in distress, and needed present help, which Mr. Herbert perceiving, put off his canonical coat, and helped the poor man to unload, and after to load his horse. The poor man blessed him for it, and he blessed the poor man ; and was so like the good Samaritan, that he gave him money to refresh both himself and his horse, and told him, that if he loved himself, he should be merciful to...
Page 36 - I HEARD a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, From henceforth blessed are the dead who die in the Lord : even so saith the Spirit ; for they rest from their labours.
Page 252 - Blessed is he that considereth the poor : The Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; And he shall be blessed upon the earth : And Thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing : Thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.