An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere: And Successively Performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour, Band 1W. Strahan and T. Cadell in the Strand, 1773 |
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... such sentiments and ob- " servations as my subject should suggest , ” I wondered at first at this Gentleman's hafte to vent his resentment against me , before he had informed himself whether I was in fault , which not only in candour ...
... such sentiments and ob- " servations as my subject should suggest , ” I wondered at first at this Gentleman's hafte to vent his resentment against me , before he had informed himself whether I was in fault , which not only in candour ...
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... such observers as the Society fhould think fit to the South Seas ; and in the beginning of April following the Society received a letter from the Secre- tary of the Admiralty , informing them that a bark of three hundred and seventy ...
... such observers as the Society fhould think fit to the South Seas ; and in the beginning of April following the Society received a letter from the Secre- tary of the Admiralty , informing them that a bark of three hundred and seventy ...
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... such sentiments and observations as my sub- ject fhould fuggeft : they are not indeed numerous , and when they occur , are always cursory and short ; for nothing would have been more abfurd than to interrupt an intereft- ing narrative ...
... such sentiments and observations as my sub- ject fhould fuggeft : they are not indeed numerous , and when they occur , are always cursory and short ; for nothing would have been more abfurd than to interrupt an intereft- ing narrative ...
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... Such navigators as have visited this country , and are filent with respect to the ftature of the in- habitants , particularly Sir Francis Drake , must be considered as witnesses against the fact in question ; for their filence is a ...
... Such navigators as have visited this country , and are filent with respect to the ftature of the in- habitants , particularly Sir Francis Drake , must be considered as witnesses against the fact in question ; for their filence is a ...
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... of fuch a ftature that the people on board their vessels called them giants . Such is the evidence of past times ; we shall now confider that of the age VOL . I. C in in which we live . In 1704 , the Captains GENERAL INTRODUCTION . xiii.
... of fuch a ftature that the people on board their vessels called them giants . Such is the evidence of past times ; we shall now confider that of the age VOL . I. C in in which we live . In 1704 , the Captains GENERAL INTRODUCTION . xiii.
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