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10321 The Autobiography of Elder Joseph Bates, p. 19.3 (Joseph Bates)
… was running from three to five miles an hour. Mr. Adams threw a coil of rope under the wharf at a venture; fortunately he caught it, and after some struggle, he was …
10322 The Autobiography of Elder Joseph Bates, p. 20.1 (Joseph Bates)
… pleasant run across the Atlantic ocean. In our passage up the British Channel, between France and England, we discovered a number of kegs floating on the top …
10323 The Autobiography of Elder Joseph Bates, p. 23.1 (Joseph Bates)
… city, running with such speed that it was difficult for me to keep up behind them, and yet I feared if they should stop, I should be discovered and taken. Before …
10324 The Autobiography of Elder Joseph Bates, p. 24.3 (Joseph Bates)
… the run of the ship, and the daily occurrences of the voyage. This and other journals which I afterward endeavored to keep, would have been of much value to me …
10325 The Autobiography of Elder Joseph Bates, p. 28.1 (Joseph Bates)
… to run, and have a good lookout ahead. Midnight came, and we were relieved from our post by the captain’s watch, to retire below for four hours. In about an hour …
10326 The Autobiography of Elder Joseph Bates, p. 33.2 (Joseph Bates)
… by running against an island of ice fourteen days from New York; refitted in Ireland, after which we joined the British convoy, and were captured by the privateers …
10327 The Autobiography of Elder Joseph Bates, p. 41.1 (Joseph Bates)
… or running fights. These were not prepared, neither disposed, to meet the English in battle.
10328 The Autobiography of Elder Joseph Bates, p. 47.2 (Joseph Bates)
… you run.” I looked at him to see if he was in earnest. The under officer, who seemed to feel the injustice of my case, repeated, “Run!” The lieutenant cried to the man …
10329 The Autobiography of Elder Joseph Bates, p. 67.2 (Joseph Bates)
… came running from his bed, frantically inquiring, “Where?” and hearing the sound outside, he rushed down the accommodation ladder, crying out, “How many have gone …
10330 The Autobiography of Elder Joseph Bates, p. 90.1 (Joseph Bates)
… to run before the gale we should have been in the midst of them, in imminent danger of being dashed in pieces. The willfulness of Capt. Carr was now evident to …
10331 The Autobiography of Elder Joseph Bates, p. 97.2 (Joseph Bates)
… been running for it, and when we got our observation at meridian, we were drawing close up with this singular rock in the ocean. Our ship being under good headway …
10332 The Autobiography of Elder Joseph Bates, p. 98.1 (Joseph Bates)
… wharf running out from “the dyke” to the deep water for the purpose of breaking and turning the ice into the channel from vessels that take shelter there. The …
10333 The Autobiography of Elder Joseph Bates, p. 105.1 (Joseph Bates)
… , we run our boat on the ice until we broke through into deep water, and climbed into her. Then with our oars and borrowed sail we steered through the broken ice …
10334 The Autobiography of Elder Joseph Bates, p. 114.1 (Joseph Bates)
… ship running directly before the foaming, mountainous seas. Our continual work was something like the following: “Starboard your helm!” “Starboard, sir,” was …
10335 The Autobiography of Elder Joseph Bates, p. 115.2 (Joseph Bates)
… either run over our mast-heads or roll us bottom upward to windward. As the captain came up from the cabin and saw our situation, he cried out, “ Oh, my grief! ” and for …
10336 The Autobiography of Elder Joseph Bates, p. 119.2 (Joseph Bates)
… , we run three-quarters of the way round the compass, some hundreds of miles further from home than we were at the height of the storm. This was the most peculiar …
10337 The Autobiography of Elder Joseph Bates, p. 122.1 (Joseph Bates)
… and run for a port in distress. It was decided unanimously that we bear up for the West Indies. After running about two days south, the wind headed us from that …
10338 The Autobiography of Elder Joseph Bates, p. 125.1 (Joseph Bates)
… successful run and passage to St. Thomas, one of the Virgin Islands in the West Indies, belonging to Denmark. The night preceding our arrival, a schooner came …
10339 The Autobiography of Elder Joseph Bates, p. 127.3 (Joseph Bates)
… to run away from school and associate himself with wicked boys, and the like, which troubled his mother so exceedingly that she could not have him at home. This …
10340 The Autobiography of Elder Joseph Bates, p. 133.1 (Joseph Bates)
… hours’ run to the south. We did not stop to sound, but supposed we were in about sixty fathoms of water on the bank, when we bore up at midnight. Here, about one- third …