 | Great Britain - 1732 - 392 pages
...if they are fo, I muft fay, it is fomething like a Pijot, who, though he has a clear, a fafe, and a ftreight Paffage for going into Port, yet takes it...about, through Sands, Rocks and Shallows, and thereby lofes a great many of the Seamen, deftroys a great denl of the Tackle and Rigging, and puts the Owners... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Great Britain - 1810 - 578 pages
...compared to a pilot, who, though there w:ts g clear, safe, and straight channel into port, yet took it in his head to carry the ship a great way about, through sands, rocks, and shallows ; who, after having lost a great number of seamen, destroyed a great deal of tackle and rigging, and... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1810 - 582 pages
...compared to a pilat, who, though there was a clear, safe, and straight channel into port, yet took it in his head to carry the ship a great way about, through sands, rock*, and shallows ; who, after having lost a great number of seamen, destroyed a great deal of tackle... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Great Britain - 1810 - 590 pages
...to a pilot, who, though there was a clear, safe, and straight channel into port, yet took it in bis head to carry the ship a great way about, through sands, rocks, and shallows ; who, after having lost a great number of seamen, destroyed a great deal of tackle and rigging, and... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Great Britain - 1822 - 512 pages
...compared to a pilot, who, though there was a clear, safe, and straight channel into port, yet took it in his head to carry the ship a great way about, through sands, rocks, and shallows ; who, after having- lost a great number of seamen, destroyed a great deal of tackle and rigging, and... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1825 - 512 pages
...to a pilot, who, though there was a clear, safe, and straight channel into .port, yet took it into his head to carry the ship a great way about, through sands, rocks, and shallows ; who, after having lost a great number of seamen, destroyed a great deal of tackle and rigging, and... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Great Britain - 1827 - 536 pages
...compared to a pilot, who, though there was a clear, safe, and straight channel into port, yet took it in his head to carry the ship a great way about, through sands, rocks, and shallows ; who, after having lost a great number of seamen, destroyed a great deal of tackle and rigging, and... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1838 - 520 pages
...Pulteney, " It is something like a pilot, who, though " he has a clear, a safe, and a straight passage for " going into port, yet takes it in his head to...through sands, " rocks, and shallows, and thereby loses a great " many of the seamen, destroys a great deal of the " tackle and rigging, and puts the... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1837 - 496 pages
...Pulteney, " It is something like a pilot, who, though " he has a clear, a safe, and a straight passage for " going into port, yet takes it in his head to...through sands, " rocks, and shallows, and thereby loses a great " many of the seamen, destroys a great deal of the " tackle and rigging, and puts the... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1837 - 494 pages
...Pulteney, " It is something like a pilot, who, though " he has a clear, a safe, and a straight passage for ".going into port, yet takes it in his head to....carry the ship a great way about, through sands, ffjrocks, and shallows, and thereby loses a great "many of the seamen, destroys a great deal of the... | |
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... it in his head to carry the ship a great way about, through sands, rocks, and shallows ; who, after having- lost a great number of seamen, destroyed a great deal of tackle and rigging, and subjected the owners to an enormous expense, at last by chance... 
