Memoir of His Own LifeJ. Jones, 1811 - 296 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 8
... became such a proficient , that , from off the bowsprits and round - tops of ships , I frequently leaped head foremost into the river . I now recollect the dangers to which I exposed myself on the watery element , even before I had ...
... became such a proficient , that , from off the bowsprits and round - tops of ships , I frequently leaped head foremost into the river . I now recollect the dangers to which I exposed myself on the watery element , even before I had ...
Σελίδα 11
... became desirous of sleeping on the water . It is therefore certain , that in cases where life is often endangered great benefit might arise from learning to float , if individuals drowning could preserve that presence of mind which is ...
... became desirous of sleeping on the water . It is therefore certain , that in cases where life is often endangered great benefit might arise from learning to float , if individuals drowning could preserve that presence of mind which is ...
Σελίδα 17
... became foggy . The Harlequin , mistaking her situation , imagined she had weathered Beachy Head , and standing in for the land , the whole fleet followed her example . At 4. P. M. the Harlequin , with the six headmost ships , ran ...
... became foggy . The Harlequin , mistaking her situation , imagined she had weathered Beachy Head , and standing in for the land , the whole fleet followed her example . At 4. P. M. the Harlequin , with the six headmost ships , ran ...
Σελίδα 18
... became evident , that the ship must very soon go to . pieces ; to preserve the lives of the seamen was then the paramount and only consideration . At full tide , this ship was drifted to within a few yards of the shore ; but the billows ...
... became evident , that the ship must very soon go to . pieces ; to preserve the lives of the seamen was then the paramount and only consideration . At full tide , this ship was drifted to within a few yards of the shore ; but the billows ...
Σελίδα 27
... became perfectly sensible , but had not the least recollection of having answered before any questions . The hands and arms became warm , but it was some time before his legs and feet were restored to their natural heat . In two hours ...
... became perfectly sensible , but had not the least recollection of having answered before any questions . The hands and arms became warm , but it was some time before his legs and feet were restored to their natural heat . In two hours ...
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Σελίδα 41 - Marvel not at this : for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in their graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth ; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
Σελίδα 48 - Tis granted, and no plainer truth appears, Our most important are our earliest years. The mind, impressible and soft, with ease Imbibes and copies what she hears and sees, And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clue That education gives her, false or true.
Σελίδα 121 - Because a man may shoot as truly with a bow as with a common musket.
Σελίδα 72 - Hear the just law — the judgment of the skies, He that hates truth shall be the dupe of lies : And he that will be cheated to the last, Delusions strong as Hell shall bind him fast.
Σελίδα 14 - I returned ; and loosing from the stake the string, with the little stick which was fastened to it, went again into the water, where I found, that lying on my back and holding the stick in my hands, I was drawn along the surface of the water in a very agreeable manner.
Σελίδα 185 - They soon met, and, in the fury of their first encounter, appeared in an instant firmly twisted together ; and, whilst their united tails beat the ground, they mutually tried with open jaws to lacerate each other. What a fell aspect did they present ! Their...
Σελίδα 12 - The exercise of swimming is one of the most healthy and agreeable in the world. After having swam for an hour or two in the evening, one sleeps coolly the whole night, even during the most ardent heats of summer. Perhaps the pores being cleansed, the insensible perspiration increases and occasions this coolness.
Σελίδα 266 - After the peace, I settled in the city of New York, in the practice of the law, and was in a very lucrative course of practice, when the derangement of our public affairs, by the feebleness of the general confederation, drew me again reluctantly into public life. I became a member of the Convention which framed the present Constitution of the United States...
Σελίδα 262 - I have ventured these last two days to look General Washington's whole force in the face in the position on the outside of my works, and have the pleasure to assure your Excellency that there is but one wish throughout the army, which is that the enemy would advance.
Σελίδα 187 - ... great folds, and by that operation rendered the other more than commonly -outstretched ; the next minute the new struggles of the black one gained an unexpected superiority; it acquired two great folds likewise, which necessarily extended the body of its adversary in proportion as it had contracted its own.