 | Shipwrecks - 1813 - 430 pages
...second lieutenant relieved me at the pumps. Who can attempt to describe the appearance of things upon deck ? If I was to write for ever I could not give...sea on fire, running as it were in Alps, or Peaks of Teneriffe ; (mountains are too common an idea ;) the wind roaring louder than, thunder, (absolutely... | |
 | Isaac Bailey - 1814 - 826 pages
...the pumps. Who can attempt to describe the appearance of things upon deck ? If I was to write forever I could not give you an idea of it. A total darkness...sea on fire, running as it were in Alps, or Peaks of Teneriffe ; (mountains are too common an idea) the wind roaring louder than thunder, (absolutely no... | |
 | Thomas Southey - West Indies - 1827 - 568 pages
...second lieutenant relieved me at the pumps. Who can attempt to describe the appearance of things upon deck ? if I was to write for ever I could not give...sea on fire, running as it were in Alps, or Peaks of Tenerifte — mountains are too common an idea ; the wind roaring louder than thunder (absolutely no... | |
 | Archibald Duncan - Naval battles - 1834 - 1044 pages
...second lieutenant relieved me at the pumps. Who can attempt to describe the appearance of things upon deck ? If I was to write for ever, I could not give...total darkness all above ; the sea on fire, running as if it were in the Alps, or Peaks of Teneriffe; (mountains are too common an idea;) the wind roaring... | |
 | Shipwrecks - 1836 - 454 pages
...relieved me at the purnps. AVho can attempt to describe the appearance of things upon deck ? If I was ti write for ever I could not give you an idea of it...sea on fire, running as it were in Alps. or Peaks of Teneriffe ; (mountains are t;io common ait idea ;) the wind roaring louder than thunder, (absolutely... | |
 | George Mogridge - 1842 - 346 pages
...relieved me at the pumps. Who can attempt to describe the appearance of things upon deck ! If I were to write for ever, I could not give you an idea of...on fire, running, as it were, in Alps, or Peaks of Teneriffe, — mountains are too common an idea ; the wind roaring louder than thunder, absolutely... | |
 | Shipwrecks - 1844 - 440 pages
...second lieutenant relieved me at the pumps. Who can attempt to describe the appearance of things upon deck ? If I was to write for ever I could not give...sea on fire, running as it were in Alps, or Peaks of Tenerifte ; (mountains are too common an idea ;) the wind roaring louder than thunder, (absolutely... | |
 | William Reid - Hurricanes - 1846 - 626 pages
...second lieutenant relieved me at the pumps. Who can attempt to describe the appearance of things upon deck ? If I was to write for ever I could not give...sea on fire, running as it were in Alps, or Peaks of Teneriffe (mountains are too common an idea) ; the wind roaring louder than thunder (absolutely no... | |
 | Henry Piddington - Marine meteorology - 1848 - 352 pages
...re-published by Col. Reid, p. 308, says : " Who can attempt to describe the appearance of things upon deck ! If I was to write for ever I could not give...sea on fire, running as it were in Alps, or Peaks of Teneriffe (mountains are too common an idea) ; the wind roaring louder than thunder (absolutely no... | |
 | Henry Piddington - Marine meteorology - 1848 - 432 pages
...re-published by Col. Reid, p. 308, says : " Who can attempt to describe the appearance of things upon deck 1 If I was to write for ever I could not give you an idea of it—a total darkness all above, the sea on fire, running as it were in Alps, or Peaks of Teneriffe... | |
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Who can attempt to describe the appearance of things upon deck ? If I was to write for ever I could not give you an idea of it — a total darkness all above; the sea on fire, running as it were in Alps, or Peaks of Teneriffe; (mountains are too common... 
