Man on the ocean. (Revised).

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11. lappuse - And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark : and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged...
176. lappuse - Behold also the ships, which, though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.
274. lappuse - Notwithstanding the wind and tide, which were adverse to its approach, they saw with astonishment that it was rapidly coming towards them ; and when it came so near that the noise of the machinery and paddles was heard, the crews — if what was said in the newspapers of the time be true — in some instances shrunk beneath their decks from the...
165. lappuse - An extreme weakness, swelled legs, hollow and ghastly countenances, a more than common inclination to sleep, with an apparent debility of understanding, seemed to me the melancholy presages of an approaching dissolution.
163. lappuse - ... such disputes in future, I determined either to preserve my command, or die in the attempt; and seizing a cutlass, I ordered him to take hold of another and defend himself, on which he called out that I was going to kill him, and immediately made concessions. I did not allow this to interfere further with the harmony of the boat's crew, and everything soon became quiet.
152. lappuse - May, when we bore away under a reefed lug-foresail ; and having divided the people into watches, and got the boat into a little order, we returned thanks to God for our miraculous preservation ; and, in full confidence of his gracious support, I found my mind more at ease than it had been for some time past.
156. lappuse - Islands. But being constantly wet, Bligh says, ' it is with the utmost difficulty I can open a book to write, and I feel truly sensible I can do no more than point out where these lands are to be found, and give some idea of their extent.' Heavy rain came on in the afternoon, when every person in the boat did his utmost to catch some water, and thus succeeded in increasing their stock to thirtyfour gallons, besides quenching their thirst for the first time they had been able to do so since they had...
274. lappuse - ... others prostrated themselves, and besought Providence to protect them from the approaches of the horrible monster which was marching on the tide and lighting its path by the fires that it vomited...
52. lappuse - Forth issuing thus, she ga.ve him first to wield A weighty axe, with truest temper steeled, And double-edged ; the handle smooth and plain, Wrought of the clouded olive's easy grain ; And next, a wedge to drive with sweepy sway : Then to the neighbouring forest led the way. On the lone island's utmost verge there stood Of poplars, pine, and firs, a lofty wood, Whose leafless summits to the skies aspire, Scorch'd by the sun, or seared by heavenly fire (Already dried).
149. lappuse - ... trials of that voyage in safety. Lieutenant Bligh proved himself fully equal to the emergency. His first care after the Bounty left them was to examine the condition of his boat and the amount of his provisions. These last were very meagre. They consisted of one hundred and fifty pounds of biscuit, thirty pounds of pork, six quarts of rum, six bottles of wine, and twenty-eight gallons of water. Of stores they had a few pieces of canvas, some twine and cordage, four cutlasses, a quadrant, and...

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