| William Dampier - 1699 - 538 pages
...make a halt, and feem ready to retire. I have waited many a time both afhore to leceive the plealiire, and at Sea to take the benefit of it. It comes in a fine, frnall, black Curie upon the Water, whenas all the Sea between it, and the fhore not yet reached by... | |
| Basil Hall - 1824 - 376 pages
...in a part of his works not generally read, except by professional men, I am tempted to insert it. " These sea-breezes do commonly rise in the morning...the benefit of it. " It comes in a fine small black curl upon the water, whereas all the sea between it and the shore, not yet reached by it, is as smooth... | |
| Basil Hall - 1824 - 806 pages
...in a part of his works not generally read except by professional men, I am tempted to insert it. " These sea-breezes do commonly rise in the morning...the benefit of it. " It comes in a fine small black curl upon the water, whereas all the sea between it and the shore, not yet reached by it, is as smooth... | |
| Basil Hall - 1824 - 492 pages
...afraid to come near it, and oft-times they make some faint breathings, and, as if not willing to oflend, they make a halt and seem ready to retire. I have...the benefit of it. " It comes in a fine small black curl upon the water, whereas all the sea between it and the shore, not yet reached by it is as smooth... | |
| Library - 1827 - 712 pages
...first approach the shore so gently, as if they were afraid to come near it, and ofttimes they make such faint breathings, and as if not willing to offend,...the benefit of it. " It comes in a fine, small black curl upon the water, whereas all the sea between it and the shore, not yet reached, is as smooth and... | |
| Patrick Murphy - 1830 - 578 pages
...later, they first approach the shore so gently, as if they were afraid to come near it, and oft times they make some faint breathings, and, as if not willing...the benefit of it. " It comes in a fine small black curl upon the water, whereas all the sea between it and the shore, not yet reached by it, is as smooth... | |
| Georges Louis Le Clerc (comte de Buffon.) - 1831 - 462 pages
...by Dampier, one of the most observant and intelligent of voyagers. " These sea.breezes," says he, " do commonly rise in the morning about nine o'clock,...benefit of it. " It comes in a fine, small, black curl upon the water, when as all the sea between it and the shore not yet reached by it is as smooth... | |
| Thomas Milner - 1848 - 892 pages
...given the most exact description of these remarkable winds, as they occur in tropical latitudes. " These sea-breezes do commonly rise in the morning...the benefit of it. It comes in a fine small black curl upon the water, whereas all the sea between it and the shore, not yet reached by it, is as smooth... | |
| Tempest - 1848 - 316 pages
...following capital description of them from the pen of the old navigator, Dampier : — " These sea breezes do commonly rise in the morning about nine o'clock,...benefit of it. " It comes in a fine, small, black curl upon the water, when as all the sea between it and the shore not yet reached by it is as smooth... | |
| David Purdie Thomson - 1849 - 516 pages
...afraid to come near it ; ofttimes they make some faint breathings, and, as if not willing to oflend, they make a halt, and seem ready to retire. I have...benefit of it. " It comes in a fine, small, black curl upon the water, when as all the sea between it and the shore not yet reached by it 1 The Times.... | |
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