 The evening of this i8th day was very dismal. The sky looked very black, being covered with dark clouds ; the wind blew hard, and the seas ran high. The sea was already roaring in a white foam about us ; a dark night coming on, and no land in sight to...  A New Voyage Round the World - Page 494by William Dampier - 1699Full view - About this book
 | William Dampier - Australia - 1703 - 774 pages
...before they were plunged under Water, and bent like Twigs. The Evening of this 1 8th day was very difmal The Sky looked very black, being covered with dark Clouds, the Wind blew hard, and the Seas fan high. The Sea was already roaring in a white Foam about us-, a dark Night coming on, and no Land... | |
 | David Henry - Voyages around the world - 1774 - 586 pages
...fky looked very black, fays he, being *' covered with dark clouds ; the wind blew " hard. and the fea was already roaring in a ** white foam about us ; a dark night coming " on, and no land in fight to fhclter us ; and *' our little ark in danger to be fwallowed by " every wave ; and, what was worft... | |
 | John Campbell - Admirals - 1814 - 546 pages
...plunged under water, they bent like twigs. " The evening of the eighteenth day was very dismal ; t( the sky looked very black, being covered with dark...wind blew hard, and the seas ran high. " The sea was alreadj' roaring in a white foam about us, a " dark night coming on, and no land in sight to shelter... | |
 | Christian Isobel Johnstone - America - 1831 - 476 pages
...that of Otaheite. 7 forced to keep heaving out continually. The evening of this day was very dismal. The sky looked very black, being covered with dark...in a white foam about us ; a dark night coming on, no land to shelter us, and our little bark in danger to be swallowed by every wave; and, what was worst... | |
 | Frank Boott Goodrich - Discoveries in geography - 1858 - 656 pages
...graphic and quaint. "The sky looked very black," he writes, "being covered with dark clouds. The winds blew hard and the seas ran high. The sea was already...about us, — a dark night coming on, and no land in sight to shelter us, and our little ark in danger to be swallowed by every wave ; and, what was worst... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1863 - 312 pages
...in, which we were forced to keep heaving out continually. The evening of this day was very dismal. The sky looked very black, being covered with dark...in a white foam about us ; a dark night coming on, no land to shelter us, and our little bark in danger to be swallowed by every wave ; and, what was... | |
 | Frank Boott Goodrich - Discoveries in geography - 1873 - 726 pages
...graphic and quaint. "The sky looked very black," he writes, "being covered with dark clouds. The winds blew hard and the seas ran high. The sea was already...about us, — a dark night coming on, and no land in sight to shelter us, and our little ark in danger to be swallowed by every wave ; and, what was worst... | |
 | Frank Boott Goodrich - Discoveries in geography - 1873 - 724 pages
...graphic and quaint. "The sky looked very black," he writes, "being covered with dark clouds. The winds blew hard and the seas ran high. The sea was already roaring in a white foam about us,—a dark night coming on, and no land in sight to shelter us, and our little ark in danger to be... | |
 | David Laing Purves - Discoveries in geography - 1874 - 856 pages
...before they were plunged under water and bent like twigs. The evening of this 18th was very dismal. The sky looked very black, being covered with dark...in a white foam about us, a dark night coming on, no land in sight to shelter us, and our little ark in danger to be swallowed by every wave ; and what... | |
 | William Henry Giles Kingston - Discoveries in geography - 1880 - 610 pages
...continually. DANGEROUS CANOE VOYAGE. 407 The evening of the 1 8th was very dismal : the sky looked black, being covered with dark clouds ; the wind blew hard, and the seas ran high, roaring loudly, and covered with white foam. A dark night was coming on, no land in sight to cheer... | |
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