 | Samuel Bennett - Australia - 1865 - 710 pages
...of the ship, and procurable means, could admit. " Projects of this nature, when originating in the minds of young men, are usually termed romantic ;...best equipment to be procured for the first outset. " We sailed out of Port Jackson early in the morning of March 25, and stood a little off to sea to... | |
 | Ralph Temple (miscellaneous writer.) - 1865 - 486 pages
...and procurable means would admit. " Projects of this nature," says Hinders, " when originating in the minds of young men, are usually termed romantic, and,...friendship join in discouraging, if not in opposing them." So the two friends indeed found. Their schemes, when they disclosed them, were laughed at, and their... | |
 | Arthur Bennett Archer - Discoveries (in Geography) - 1915 - 224 pages
...coast of New South Wales, the name by which the whole coast of the east of Australia was then known. "A little boat of eight feet long, called Tom Thumb,...best equipment to be procured for the first outset." So writes Flinders, who arrived at Port Jackson as a midshipman on the same boat as that which brought... | |
 | History - 1919 - 236 pages
...duty of the ship and procurable means could admit. Projects of this nature, when originating in the minds of young men, are usually termed romantic ;...best equipment to be procured for the first outset. In the month following the arrival of the ships, we proceeded round in this boat, to Botany Bay; and... | |
 | Alan Gurney - Antarctica - 2002 - 332 pages
...duty of the ship and procurable means could admit. Projects of this nature, when originating in the minds of young men, are usually termed romantic; and so far from any good anticipated, even prudence and friendship join in discouraging, if not opposing them." When the Reliance... | |
 | Miriam Estensen - Australia - 2002 - 576 pages
...'Projects of this nature, when originating in the minds of young men, are usually termed romantic; so far from any good being anticipated, even prudence...friendship join in discouraging, if not in opposing them'.' 53. And, Hunter reminded them, the only available boats in Sydney were those belonging to and certainly... | |
 | Miriam Estensen - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 572 pages
...'Projects of this nature, when originating in the minds of young men, are usually termed romantic; so far from any good being anticipated, even prudence...friendship join in discouraging, if not in opposing them'.3 And, Hunter reminded them, the only available boats in Sydney were those belonging to and certainly... | |
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Projects of this nature, when originating in the minds of young men, are usually termed romantic; and so far from any good being anticipated, even prudence and friendship join in discouraging, if not in opposing them. 