 I felt a strong repugnance at attempting to ascertain it, and rather wished that it might have been some spectre, or the offspring of my perturbed imagination, than a human being. As the sea continued to break over the vessel, I went down to the cabin,...  Scenes and Incidents at Sea. A New Selection - Page 148by Scenes - 1858 - 156 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Scotland - 1821 - 618 pages
...it might have been some spectre, or the offspring of my perturbed imagination, than a human being. As the sea continued to break over the vessel, I went...without happened to subside a little. But I thought that it was perhaps imagination, and that they were probably all dead. I began to catch for breath,... | |
 | England - 1821 - 818 pages
...it might have been some spectre, or the offspring of my perturbed imagination, than a human being. As the sea continued to break over the vessel, I went...darkness prevailed below. I addressed the captain and nil my fellow passengers by name, but 'received no reply from any of them, though I sometimes fancied... | |
 | 1821 - 488 pages
...spectre, or the offspring of my perturbed imagination, than a human being. As the sea continued to breik over the vessel, I went down to the cabin, after having...prevailed below. I addressed the captain and all my fellow-passengers by name, but received no reply from any of them, though I sometimes fancied I heard... | |
 | Old Sailor - Naval biography - 1826 - 534 pages
...it might have been some spectre, or the offspring of my perturbed imagination, than a human being. As the sea continued to break over the vessel, I went...without happened to subside a little. But I thought that it was perhaps imagination, and that they were probably all dead. I began to catch for breath,... | |
 | Gift books - 1836 - 360 pages
...it might have been some spectre, or the offspring of my perturbed imagination, than a human being. As the sea continued to break over the vessel, I went...prevailed below. I addressed the captain and all my fellow-passengers by name, but received no reply from any of them, though I sometimes fancied I heard... | |
 | Chronicles of the sea - 1838 - 488 pages
...darkness prevented me from discovering who had thus committed himself to the deep, in a moment of madness. As the sea continued to break over the vessel, I went...heard moans and quick breathing, when the tumult of the waters without happened to subside a little. I began to catch for breath, and felt as if I were... | |
 | Seafaring life - 1854 - 504 pages
...it might have been some spectre, or the offspring of my perturbed imagination, than a human being. As the sea continued to break over the vessel, I went...without happened to subside a little. But I thought that it was perhaps imagination, and that they were probably all dead. I began to catch fur breath,... | |
 | Hackney lit. and sci. inst - 264 pages
...that it might have been some spectre, or the offspring of my perturbed imagination, than a human bemg. As the sea continued to break over the vessel, I went...without happened to subside a little. But I thought that it was perhaps imagination, and that they were all dead. I began to catch for breath, and felt... | |
 | Sea stories - 1876 - 504 pages
...might hnve been some spectre, or the offspring of my perturbed imagination, than a human being. A» the sea continued to break over the vessel, I went...from any of them, though I sometimes fancied I heard moana ind quick breathing when the tumult of waters without happened to subside a little. But I thought... | |
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