QuedahOxford University Press, 1857 - 360 Seiten |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 34
Seite iii
... OF THE BATH , ETC. ETC. AND FORMERLY COMMANDER OF H.M.S. 66 HYACINTH , " WITH THE WARMEST FEELINGS OF LOVE AND RESPECT , BY HIS NAVAL NOMINEE AND MIDSHIPMAN , 718921 SHERARD OSBORN . PREFACE . THE majority of naval officers are self -
... OF THE BATH , ETC. ETC. AND FORMERLY COMMANDER OF H.M.S. 66 HYACINTH , " WITH THE WARMEST FEELINGS OF LOVE AND RESPECT , BY HIS NAVAL NOMINEE AND MIDSHIPMAN , 718921 SHERARD OSBORN . PREFACE . THE majority of naval officers are self -
Seite xii
... feelings are hurt . - Character of my Native Crew . A Page about Native Prejudices . the Malays mutinous . Cure for Native Prejudices . - Malayan Jungle - Scenery by Daylight . Black Monkeys.- A Monkey Parody upon Human Life . - English ...
... feelings are hurt . - Character of my Native Crew . A Page about Native Prejudices . the Malays mutinous . Cure for Native Prejudices . - Malayan Jungle - Scenery by Daylight . Black Monkeys.- A Monkey Parody upon Human Life . - English ...
Seite xiv
... . A Crew of wretched Fugitives . - 66 Orang - laut , " or Sea Low Civilisation of the Orang - laut . " . - Total — Gipsies . Absence of all Religious Feeling . - Their Mode of Living CONTENTS . - XV The personal Appearance of Orang -
... . A Crew of wretched Fugitives . - 66 Orang - laut , " or Sea Low Civilisation of the Orang - laut . " . - Total — Gipsies . Absence of all Religious Feeling . - Their Mode of Living CONTENTS . - XV The personal Appearance of Orang -
Seite xviii
... feelings . The impressions produced by the scenery - the hopes and fears as the ice , that is as the weather , fluctuated - the rivalry of the different squadrons , for four or five expeditions were navigating those seas - the ...
... feelings . The impressions produced by the scenery - the hopes and fears as the ice , that is as the weather , fluctuated - the rivalry of the different squadrons , for four or five expeditions were navigating those seas - the ...
Seite 2
... feeling that India was highly respectable , highly conservative , but very much mildewed and very much astern of the world , forced itself equally on the mind . Steam was still an agent which Indian quid - nuncs questioned the success ...
... feeling that India was highly respectable , highly conservative , but very much mildewed and very much astern of the world , forced itself equally on the mind . Steam was still an agent which Indian quid - nuncs questioned the success ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
alligators amongst anchor armed blockade boats Bounting brig British called canoe Captain Warren capture chase Chinese close cloth cocoa-nut trees coloured coxswain creese crew crown 8vo Datoo Mahomet Alee deck Dutch English escape evidently fight fire forest fresh fugitives gave gun-boat guns Haggi hands Hyacinth Inchi Laa India islands Jadee Jadee's Jamboo jungle junk Kangah knew Lancavas land look Malacca Malayan Malayia Malays midshipman miles morocco musquitoes native nests nicodar night oars ORANG-LAUTS paddles Parlis Pat Conroy Penang pinnace pirates Plates poor Portuguese Post 8vo prahus province Pulo Quedah Quetam Rajah rice river round sail sailors sampan scene seamen Second Edition seen serang Setouè SHERARD OSBORN ship Siamese Siamese army Singapore slaves soon spirit stockade Straits of Malacca strong Tamelan Teda tion told Tom West town Untoo vessel vols whilst wind women wood Woodcuts
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 16 - Maunder's Treasury of Natural History ; Or, a Popular Dictionary of Animated Nature : In which the Zoological Characteristics that distinguish the different Classes, Genera, and Species, are combined with a variety of interesting Information illustrative of the Habits, Instincts, and General Economy of the Animal Kingdom.
Seite 295 - All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. Day after day, day after day. We stuck, nor breath nor motion ; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.
Seite 23 - Sharon Turner's History of the AngloSaxons, from the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest.
Seite 9 - The Englishman's Greek Concordance of the New Testament : Being an Attempt at a Verbal Connexion between the Greek and the English Texts ; including a Concordance to the Proper Names, with Indexes, GreekEnglish and English-Greek. New Edition, with a new Index. Royal 8vo. price 42s. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance...
Seite 14 - Encyclopaedia of Plants; comprising the Specific Character, Description, Culture, History, &c. of all the Plants found in Great Britain. With upwards of 12,000 Woodcuts. 8vo.
Seite 6 - Blair's Chronological and Historical Tables, from the Creation to the present time : With Additions and Corrections from the most authentic Writers ; including the Computation of St. Paul, as connecting the Period from the Exode to the Temple.
Seite 15 - Mrs. Marcet's Conversations on Chemistry, in which the Elements of that Science are familiarly explained and illustrated by Experiments.
Seite 14 - Britannicum abridged : Containing the Hardy Trees and Shrubs of Great Britain, Native and Foreign, Scientifically and Popularly Described ; with their Propagation, Culture, and Uses in the Arts ; and with Engravings of nearly all the Species.
Seite 7 - The Cabinet Lawyer; a Popular Digest of the Laws of England, Civil, Criminal, and Constitutional. Twenty-Fifth Edition, corrected and extended. Fcp. 8vo.
Seite 8 - A Dictionary of Practical Medicine : Comprising General Pathology, the Nature and Treatment of Diseases, Morbid Structures, and the Disorders especially incidental to Climates, to Sex, and to the different Epochs of Life; with numerous approved Formulae of the Medicines recommended.