... THUNDER STORM CHAPTER XXXV — A DOUBLE REEF TOP SAIL BREEZE—SCURVY—A FRIEND IN . . . . . . . . 183 NEED—PREPARING FOR PORT—THE GULF STREAM CHAPTER ... ...n to the western coast of North America. As she was to get under weigh early in the afternoon, I made my appearance on board at twelve o’clock, in f... ...ery well for a jack tar. But it is impossible to deceive the practised eye in these matters; and while I supposed myself to be looking as salt as Ne... ...men in each, boldly putting out to sea, after it had become almost dark. The Indians go out in them after fish, and as the weather is regular in certa... ... The weather continued nearly the same through the night. Monday, Nov. 10th. During a part of this day we were hove to, but the rest of the time... ...issions in various parts of the country toward the close of the seventeenth century, and collected the natives about them, baptizing them into the c... ... and without doubt had also a snatch at the brig’s cargo. Tuesday, Nov. 10th. Going ashore, as usual, in the gig, just before sundown, to bring o... ...ter, and an occasional visit to Oahu for a new outfit. Sunday, January 10th. Arrived at Santa Barbara, and on the following Wednesday, slipped... ...d but a south wester, which is seldom known to blow more than once in a half century. We went off with a flowing sheet, and hove to under the lee of C...

... the sailing of the brig Pilgrim on her voyage from Boston round Cape Horn to the western coast of North America. As she was to get under weigh early in the afternoon, I made my appearance on board at twelve o?clock, in full sea-rig, and with my chest, containing an outfit for a two or three years? voyage, which I had undertaken from a determination to cure, if possible, b...

...e of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any pur- pose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency by The Du... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ... had shown some probity, and who had many friends. The King set out on the 10th of May, 1692, with the la- dies; and I performed the journey on horseb... ...ely crouched at her feet. The King returned to Versailles on Saturday, the 10th of January. Madame des Ursins arrived there the same day. I went immed... ...but to raise the siege. It was raised accordingly on the night between the 10th and 11th of May, after fourteen days’ bombardment. We abandoned one hu... ...and profited by this scheme, it may be said that there has scarcely been a century which has produced one more mysterious, more daring, better arrange... ...money and all our jewels; and this idea was in no way con- cealed, for the Indian Company was allowed to visit every house, even Royal houses, confisc... ...well made, of that ancient and grand family of Horn, known in the eleventh century among the little dynasties of the Low Countries, and afterwards by ...

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Clever Woman of the Family by Charlotte M. Yonge, the Penns... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...date had not gone back far enough to establish that he had not died in the Indian war. It was fear that predominated with her, there were many mo- men... ... her uncle’s regiment, and had been under Sir Stephen T emple’s command in India at the time of the mutiny. The thought of Fanny’s lapsing into milita... ...d, who retired, &c., and all the quarters of the -th since its return from India two years ago; Fanny eagerly asking questions and making re- marks, q... ...ntour, and slightly rosy complexion that suggested the patches of the last century; as indeed Nature herself seemed to have thought when plant- ing ne... ... between religion and public opinion, she felt thankful indeed that half a century lay between her and that terrible code, and even as it was, perceiv... ...e A glorious temple.” —A. H. Hallam. “TIMBER END, Littleworthy, September 10th. “Dear Miss Williams,—I must begin by entreating your forgiveness for ...

...Excerpt: ?IT IS VERY KIND in the dear mother.? ?But--what, Rachel? Don?t you like it! She so enjoyed choosing it for you.? ?Oh yes, it is a perfect thing in its way. Don?t say a word to her; but if you are consulted for my next birthday present, Grace...

...ge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State ... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories by Mark T wain (Samuel L... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them, a... ...y years, disinfected of the ancestral odors of salt cod and pelts all of a century ago, and unsmirched by a day’s work since, and then! why, then the ... ...ly neglected, unmentioned, and ap parently unregretted, for nearly half a century. The reader must not imagine that he is to find in it wis dom, bri... ...bs up over “Sawney’s Mountain,” and down the other side, making for an old Indian “castle”—which becomes “the red man’s hut” in the next sentence; and... ...nor what was still wanting to round it up and make it so. Maybe it was the Indian; but the book does not say. At this point we have an episode: Beside... ...as a friend of the family by the name of Higgins. This was in the eleventh century, when our people were living in Aberdeen, county of Cork, England. ... ...date, I find the following (surname suppressed, as before): Wagner.—On the 10th inst., Ferguson G., the son of Will iam L. and Martha Theresa Wagner,...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Lakeside was a pleasant little town of five or six thousand inhabitants, and a rather pretty one, too, as towns go in the Far West. It had church accommodations for thirty-five thousand, which is the way of the Far West and the South, where everybody is religious, and where each of the Protestant sects is represented and has a plant of it...