 ... them, for safety, a light in the patent lantern ; and seeing that the lamp burned dimly, the officer took the precaution to hand it up to the orlop deck to be trimmed. Having afterwards discovered one of the spirit casks to be adrift, he sent the...  The London Magazine - Page 5181825Full view - About this book
 | 1825 - 556 pages
...one of the spirit casks to be adrift, he sent the sailors for some billets of wood to secure it ; but the ship in their absence having made a heavy lurch,...spirits communicating with the lamp, the whole place was instantly in a blaze. The orders of Captain Cobb and other officers were promptly obeyed by the... | |
 | sir Duncan Macgregor - 1825 - 104 pages
...one of the spirit casks to be adrift, he sent the sailors for some billets of wood to secure it ; but the ship in their absence having made a heavy lurch,...spirits communicating with the lamp, the whole place was instantly in a blaze. I know not what steps were then taken. I myself had been engaged during the... | |
 | 1826 - 870 pages
...wood to secure it ; but tile ship in their absence having made a heavy lurch, the officer unforrunity dropped the light ; and letting go his hold of the...spirits communicating with the lamp, the whole place was instantly in a blaze." pp. 4—7. Every possible effort was instantly made to repress the flames... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 410 pages
...one of the spirit casks to be adrift, he sent the sailors for some billets of wood to secure it; but the ship, in their absence, having made a heavy lurch,...spirits communicating with the lamp, the whole place was instantly in a blaze. I know not what steps were then taken. I myself had been engaged during the... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 pages
...one of the spirit casks to be adrift, he sent the sailors for some billets of wood to secure it; but the ship, in their absence, having made a heavy lurch,...spirits communicating with the lamp, the whole place was instantly in a blaze. I know not what steps were then taken. I myself had been engaged during the... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 pages
...one of the spirit casks to be adrift, he sent the sailors for some billets of wood to secure it; but the ship, in their absence, having made a heavy lurch,...spirits communicating with the lamp, the whole place was instantly in a blaze. I know not what steps were then taken. I myself had been engaged during the... | |
 | Christopher Biden - 1830 - 432 pages
...one of the spirit-casks to be adrift, he sent the sailors for some billets of wood to secure it; but the ship, in their absence, having made a heavy lurch,...spirits communicating with the lamp, the whole place was instantly in a blaze." " Amid the conflicting feelings and dispositions manifested by the numerous... | |
 | Archibald Duncan - 1834 - 1044 pages
...one of the spirit casks to be adrift, he sent the sailors for some billets of wood to secure it ; but the ship in their absence having made a heavy lurch,...spirits communicating with the lamp, the whole place was instantly in a blaze. As long as the devouring element appeared to be confined to the spot where... | |
 | 1834 - 658 pages
...onn of the spirit casks to be adrift, lie sent tho sailors for some billets of wood to secure it; but the ship in their absence having made a heavy lurch,...his eagerness to recover the lantern, it suddenly store, and the spirit* communicating with the lamp, the whole place was instantly in a blaze. As long... | |
 | 1835 - 1128 pages
...one of the spirit casks to be adrift, he sent the sailors for some billets of wood to secure it ; but the ship in their absence having made a heavy lurch,...lantern, it suddenly stove, and the spirits communicating withthe lamp, the whole place was instantly in a blaze. As long as the devouring element appeared to... | |
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