But the temptation was too great - and I addressed him impulsively on the subject of that
shipwreck.
A PHILOSOPHER witnessed from the shore the
shipwreck of a vessel, of which the crew and passengers were all drowned.
Here am I, just through my first
shipwreck; and here are you, not the least bit curious, talking about your miserable plantation.
there yet is man -- Man, the divinest of all things, whose heart Hath known the
shipwreck of a thousand hopes, Who bears a hundred wrinkled tragedies Upon the parchment of his brow, whose soul Strange cares have lined and interlined, until Beneath the burden of life his inmost self Bows down.
But it is perfectly true that this tower has been burnt down two or three times; and the family can't be called lucky, for more than two, I think, of the Admiral's near kin have perished by
shipwreck; and one at least, to my own knowledge, on practically the same spot where Sir Peter threw the Spaniard overboard."
Well, my dear father, in the
shipwreck of life -- for life is an eternal
shipwreck of our hopes -- I cast into the sea my useless encumbrance, that is all, and I remain with my own will, disposed to live perfectly alone, and consequently perfectly free."
With the full knowledge that there was neither food nor water on board, the pangs of hunger and thirst became immediately aggravated, and so on the first day of their tragic adventure real suffering commenced in grim earnest, and the full horrors of
shipwreck were upon them.
"I did so, sir, for my sins," said I; "for it was by his means and the procurement of my uncle, that I was kidnapped within sight of this town, carried to sea, suffered
shipwreck and a hundred other hardships, and stand before you to-day in this poor accoutrement."
My delight was great on hearing this familiar speech, and I willingly satisfied their curiosity, telling them how I had been
shipwrecked, and captured by the blacks.
As long as it went through more frequented waters, we often saw the hulls of
shipwrecked vessels that were rotting in the depths, and deeper down cannons, bullets, anchors, chains, and a thousand other iron materials eaten up by rust.
Often he criticised the ideas of the
shipwrecked sailor, and sometimes discussed his plans and projects.
These pirates, a bad lot of men, used to wait for sailors to be
shipwrecked on their shores.