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" God's ordinance upon him, even so the vehement persuasion of his friends could nothing avail to divert him from his wilful resolution of going in his frigate; and when he was entreated by the captain, master, and others, his wellwishers in the " Hinde,"... "
Tales and Ballads - Page 51
by Caroline Howard Gilman - 1884 - 190 pages
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The Last Voyage of Capt. Sir John Ross, R.N. to the Arctic Regions: For the ...

Robert Huish - 1835 - 800 pages
...her, but to take his passage in the Golden Hinde. To these solicitations the gallant knight replied: "I will not forsake my little company going homewards,...with whom I have passed so many storms and perils." When the two vessels had passed the A/ores, Sir Humphrey's frigate, was observed to be nearly overwhelmed...
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The Last Voyage of Capt. Sir John Ross R.N. Knt. to the Arctic Regions: For ...

Robert Huish - 1836 - 844 pages
...her, but to take his passage in the Golden Hinde. To these solicitations ihe gallant knight replied: "I will not forsake my little company going homewards,...with whom I have passed so many storms and perils." When the two vessels had passed the Azores, Sir Humphrey's frigate, was observed to be nearly overwhelmed...
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Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 27

John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1852 - 610 pages
...others, his well-wishers in the Hinde, not to venture, this was his answer — ' I will not forsake rny endering up Thine individua! being, shall tliou go To mix for ever with the element " Albeit, thinks the writer, who is unable to comprehend such high gallantry, there must have been...
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The Boys' and girls' companion for leisure hours, ed. by J. and M ..., Volume 1

1857 - 498 pages
...captain, master, and others, his well- wishers in the " Hind," not to venture, this was his answer — " I will not forsake my little company going homewards,...with whom I have passed so many storms and perils." This was true chivalry; certainly Sir Humphry would have proved, had he complied, that he valued his...
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The St. James's Magazine, Volume 8

1863 - 556 pages
...as theirs was the most seaworthy vessel. His answer was characteristic : " I will not," he said, " forsake my little company going homewards, with whom I have passed so many storms and perils;" and not all the rough weathei-with which the ships had to contend, not all the terrible dangers of...
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Short Studies on Great Subjects

James Anthony Froude - 1868 - 458 pages
...captain, master, and others, his well-wishers in the ' Himu'. not to venture, this was his answer — ' I will not forsake my little company going homewards,...with whom I have passed so many storms and perils.' Two-thirds of the way home they met foul weather and terrible seas, ' breaking short and pyramid-wise.'...
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Short Studies on Great Subjects, Volume 1

James Anthony Froude - 1873 - 552 pages
...captain, master, and others, his well-wishers in the Hinde, not to venture, this was his answer — "I will not forsake my little company going homewards, with whom I have passed so ma;iy storms and perils." Two thirds of the way home they met foul weather and terrible seas, " breaking...
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The threshold of life, illustrations and lessons for the encouragement and ...

William Henry Davenport Adams - 1876 - 314 pages
...fain have had him embark in the Hind, a larger vessel ; but to all their entreaties he replied : " I will not forsake my little company going homewards,...with whom I have passed so many storms and perils." The weather grew tempestuous : winds raged incessantly, and the billows ran mountains high. Death was...
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Relfe brothers' model reading-books, in prose and verse, ed., with ..., Volume 5

Richard Fletcher Charles - 1882 - 360 pages
...captain, master, and others, his well-wishers in the " Hinde," not to venture, this was his answer, " I will not forsake my little company going homewards,...with whom I have passed so many storms and perils." Two-thirds of the way home they met foul weather and terrible seas, " breaking short and pyramid-wise."...
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Moffatt's history readers, Book 3

Moffatt and Paige - 1883 - 238 pages
...her size he had used her when 20 surveying the shore, and when urged to return in the other vessel he said, " I will not forsake my little company going...with whom I have passed so many storms and perils." Rather more than half-way across the Atlantic the vessels 21 encountered fearful weather, — the oldest...
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