 | English literature - 1777 - 750 pages
...eft'ecl, fheering in my face, faying, What fort of man are you, thus to refufe the embraces of fo fine à young woman ? For the girl certainly did not want beauty ; •which, however, I could better withftand, than the abufes of thia worthy matron, and therefore haftened into the boat. They wanted... | |
 | John Pinkerton - Discoveries in geography - 1812 - 1030 pages
...effect, fneering in his face, faying, what fort of a man are you, thus to refufe the embraces of fo fine a young woman ? For the girl certainly did not want beauty. As foon as the furgeon got aihore, he dreffed the man's wounds, and bled him ; and was of opinion that... | |
 | General history - 1815 - 802 pages
...means, to have come off with'flying colours ; but I was mistaken ; for they gave me to understand I might retire with her on credit. On my declining this...orders, before I went ashore, to suffer no woman, on any pretence whatever, to come into the ship, for reasons which I shall mention in another place.... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1815 - 546 pages
...my face, saying, What sort of a man are you, thus to refuse the embraces of so fine a young woman i1 For the girl certainly did not want beauty; which,...orders, before I went ashore, to suffer no woman, on any pretence whatever, to come into the ship, for reasons which I shall mention in another place.... | |
 | James Cook - Oceania - 1821 - 304 pages
...abuse me. Though I comprehended little of what she said, her actions were expressive enough, and showed that her words were to this effect, sneering in my...orders, before I went ashore, to suffer no woman, on any pretence whatever, to come into the ship, for reasons which I shall mention in another place.... | |
 | Robert Kerr - Voyages and travels - 1824 - 530 pages
...my face, saying, What sort of a man are you, thus to refuse the embraces of so fine a young woman t For the girl certainly did not want beauty ; which,...orders, before I went ashore, to suffer no woman, on any pretence whatever, to come into the ship, for reasons which I shall mention in another place.... | |
 | James Cook - Oceania - 1842 - 636 pages
...Though I comprehended little of what she said, her actions were expressive enough, and showed that m her words were to this effect, sneering in my face,...orders, before I went ashore, to suffer no woman, on any pretence whatever, to сome into the ship, for reasons which I shall mention in another place.... | |
 | James Cook - Hawaii - 1904 - 454 pages
...with me, and then abuse me. Though I comprehended little of what she said, her actions were erpressive enough, and shewed that her words were to this effect,...done, as I had given strict orders, before I went on shore, to suffer no woman, on any pretence whatever, to come into the ship. STIRRING ACCIDENT AT... | |
 | J. C. Beaglehole - Biography & Autobiography - 1992 - 828 pages
...actions were expressive enough and shew'd that her words were to this effect, Sneering in my face and saying, what sort of a man are you thus to refuse...for the girl certainly did not [want] beauty which I could however withstand, but the abuse of the old Woman I could not and therefore hastned into the... | |
 | Tony Horwitz - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 500 pages
...When he again declined, the elderly woman berated him, "Sneering in my face and saying, what sort of man are you thus to refuse the embraces of so fine...Woman, for the girl certainly did not want beauty which I could however withstand, but the abuse of the old Woman I could not and therefore hastn'd into the... | |
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... sneering in my face, saying, What sort of a man are you, thus to refuse the embraces of so fine a young woman? For the girl certainly did not want beauty; which, however, I could better withstand, than the abuses of this worthy matron, and therefore... 