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Page 196 - ... one of the most important, and at the same time one of the least expensive and troublesome, which we possess.
Page 243 - About two o'clock we landed safe and sound ; and no words of mine can do justice to the expression of feeling, sympathy, and kindness with which we were hailed by every one. If any proof had been wanting that my administration had been satisfactory, here we had it unequivocally from all ; there was not a dry eye ; and as we drove back to our former home, loud was the cry of
Page 271 - Our souls, whose faculties can comprehend The wondrous architecture of the world, And measure every wandering planet's course, Still climbing after knowledge infinite, And always moving as the restless spheres, Will us to wear ourselves, and never rest, Until we reach the ripest fruit of all, That perfect bliss and sole felicity, The sweet fruition of an earthly crown.
Page 255 - He was a Fellow of the Royal Society, and of the Society of Antiquaries, and joined this Society in 1839.
Page 239 - ... of the ship was in flames; the masts and sails now taking fire, we moved to a distance, sufficient to avoid the immediate explosion; but the flames were now coming out of the main hatchway, and seeing the rest of the crew, with the captain...
Page 281 - From the number of Chinese already settled, and the peculiar attraction of the place for that industrious race, it may be presumed that they will always form by far the largest portion of the community.
Page 239 - The ship was everything we could wish, and having closed my charge here much to my satisfaction, it was one of the happiest days of my life, We were, perhaps, too happy, for in the evening came a sad reverse. Sophia had just gone to bed, and I had thrown off half my clothes, when a cry of Fire! Fire! roused us from our calm content, and in five minutes the whole ship was in flames ! I ran to examine whence the flames principally issued, and found that the lire had its origin immediately under our...
Page 84 - I recommend a radical reform in this branch to the serious and early attention of government. The principle of encouraging industry in the cultivation and improvement of...
Page 240 - ... at this moment, the poor fellow, scorched, I imagine, by the flames, roared out most lustily ; having run upon the deck. ' I will go for him,' says the captain. The two boats then came together, and we took out some of the persons from the captain's boat, which was overladen. He then pulled under the bowsprit of the ship, and picked the poor fellow up. ' Are you all safe ?' ' Yes, we've got the man ; all lives safe, thank God ; pull off from the ship ; keep your eye on a star, Sir Stamford ;...
Page 241 - ... one had been snatched after the flames had attacked it. In short, there was not time for any one to think of more than two things — Can the ship be saved ? No ; let us save ourselves, then; all else was swallowed up in one great ruin.