Journal of a Voyage from Boston to the West Coast of Africa: With a Full Description of the Manner of Trading with the Natives on the Coast |
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African anchor appearance arms arrived beach beautiful boat body breath breeze brought called canoes captain carried cause coast considerable continued cool course crew deck deep desired distance English European feet fish four frequently fruit give gold ground half hands head hour hundred immediately island ivory kind king kroomen land latter least leave length light living looking manner miles morning natives nature nearly negroes never night observed obtained ocean passed perceived perhaps person piece plantains poor possession present purchased reach received relation remained sail scarcely scene seemed seen ship shore short side singular slaves smooth sometimes soon sufficient surface taken thing thought tion trade traffic trees various vessel village visited waves whole wind
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Page 8 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed...
Page 377 - Rocks rich in gems, and mountains big with mines, That on the high equator ridgy rise, Whence many a bursting stream auriferous plays : Majestic woods, of every vigorous green, Stage above stage, high waving o'er the hills ; Or to the far horizon wide diffus'd, A boundless deep immensity of shade.
Page 130 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known; In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between...
Page 234 - We cannot allow the colonies to check, or discourage in any degree, a traffic so beneficial to the nation.
Page 235 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Page 378 - Bear me, Pomona ! to thy citron groves ; To where the lemon and the piercing lime, With the deep orange, glowing through the green, Their lighter glories blend.
Page 378 - Nor, creeping through the woods, the gelid race Of berries. Oft in humble station dwells Unboastful worth, above fastidious pomp. Witness, thou best Anana ! thou the pride Of vegetable life, beyond whate'er The poets imag'd in the golden age : Quick let me strip thee of thy tufty coat, Spread thy ambrosial stores, and feast with Jove ! From these the prospect varies.
Page 413 - Do any thing but love ; or, if thou lovest, And art a Woman, hide thy love from him Whom thou dost worship ; never let him know How dear he is ; flit like a bird before him,—' Lead him from tree to tree, from flower to flower ; But be not won, or thou wilt, like that bird When caught and caged, be left to pine neglected, And perish in f orgetfulness.
Page 322 - Netherlands, with the exclusive privilege to traffic and plant colonies on the coast of Africa from the Tropic of Cancer to the Cape of Good Hope ; on the coast of America, from the straits of Magellan to the remotest north.
Page 198 - ... with that generous grief which pure nature always feels, and which art had not yet taught them to suppress ; the young prince was so far overcome, that he was obliged to retire at the end of the fourth act. His companion remained, but wept the whole time ; a circumstance which affected the audience yet more than the play, and doubled the tears which were shed for Oroonoko and...