A Memoir of Richard Williams : Surgeon: Catechist to the Patagonian Missionary Society in Tierra Del FuegoJames Nisbet, 1854 - 255 pagine |
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Pagina 19
... nearly exhausted . Towards the close of the fourth day , and during the succeeding night , my eyes were upturned in their sockets ; I retained not the slightest power of voluntary breathing ; I was incapable of speech ; and the attempt ...
... nearly exhausted . Towards the close of the fourth day , and during the succeeding night , my eyes were upturned in their sockets ; I retained not the slightest power of voluntary breathing ; I was incapable of speech ; and the attempt ...
Pagina 36
... nearly twelve months attended divine service at the Wesleyan chapel , owing to the esteem I entertained for the abilities and eloquence of the ministers then laboring in the circuit . But I never looked on myself as a Methodist , nor ...
... nearly twelve months attended divine service at the Wesleyan chapel , owing to the esteem I entertained for the abilities and eloquence of the ministers then laboring in the circuit . But I never looked on myself as a Methodist , nor ...
Pagina 56
... nearly five years . " This letter was favorably received . The com- mittee satisfied itself as to Mr Williams's personal worth and general qualifications ; and , having passed satisfactorily an examination in theology , he was appointed ...
... nearly five years . " This letter was favorably received . The com- mittee satisfied itself as to Mr Williams's personal worth and general qualifications ; and , having passed satisfactorily an examination in theology , he was appointed ...
Pagina 88
... nearly eleven P.M. , had ample experi- ence of Fuegian weather . If we must take it for a sample , it is certainly none of the best ; -sudden puffs of wind , with ominous gathering of dark clouds , and a chilly aspect of the whole ...
... nearly eleven P.M. , had ample experi- ence of Fuegian weather . If we must take it for a sample , it is certainly none of the best ; -sudden puffs of wind , with ominous gathering of dark clouds , and a chilly aspect of the whole ...
Pagina 113
... nearly to equal in effect an ordinary musket . Besides , many of them are furnished with the Patagonian bolas - a chain- shot of formidable character . It consists of two round stones , covered with leather , and fastened to the two ...
... nearly to equal in effect an ordinary musket . Besides , many of them are furnished with the Patagonian bolas - a chain- shot of formidable character . It consists of two round stones , covered with leather , and fastened to the two ...
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66 Tuesday able anchor arrived Badcock Banner Cove beach Beagle Channel betwixt bless blowing boat Burslem canoes Cape Captain Gardiner cheerful Christ Christian cold comfort Cook's River danger dark delightful Erwin eternal faith favor fear feel felt friends Fuegian Garden Island glorious glory God's grace greatly guanaco hand heart heaven heavenly holy hope Jemmy Jemmy Button Jesus land Lennox Harbour light Lord Maidment meerschaum mercy mind mission missionary Montevideo morning natives Navarin Island ness never night o'clock Ocean Queen party Patagonian PATAGONIAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY peace Picton Island Pioneer poor praise prayer present rejoice rocks salvation Saturday Saviour scarcely seemed shewed ship shore sight soon soul Spaniard Harbour Speedwell Spirit Staten Island Straits of Magellan thee things thought tide Tierra del Fuego tion To-day truth unto vessel voyage weather whilst wigwam Williams wind