A Century of Sea Trading, 1824-1924: The General Steam Navigation Company Limited

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A. & C. Black Limited, 1924 - Shipping - 182 pages
 

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Page 44 - As the fair shores of Scotland receded more and more from our view," she writes in her journal, "we felt quite sad that this very pleasant and interesting tour was over ; but we shall never forget it.
Page 14 - ... and a new law was made. It provided: (i) that no goods produced in Asia, Africa, or America, including the colonies, should be brought into any British port in any but English owned and manned ships; (2) that no European goods should be taken to England or the British possessions in any but English ships or in the ships of the country in which the goods were produced ; (3) the coasting trade in British dominions should be limited to British ships; and (4) no salted fish, oil, or whale products...
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Page 45 - Phcenix, the Consort, the Dolphin, were passed in turns; but the Vivid was my ship, and it seemed she lay further down.' Down the sable flood we glided; I thought of the Styx, and of Charon rowing some solitary soul to the Land of Shades. Amidst the strange scene, with a chilly wind blowing in my face and midnight-clouds dropping rain above my head; with two rude rowers for companions, whose insane oaths still tortured...
Page 44 - UNCLE, — Pray accept my best thanks for your kind letter of the 15th, which I received on Saturday, the day of our arrival here. Dearest Louise will have told you what I wrote to her. We had a speedy and prosperous voyage home of forty-eight hours, on board a fine large and very fast steamer, the Trident, belonging to the General Steam Navigation Company.
Page 136 - Naval Discipline Act " better known as " The Articles of War," commences with the true and noble words — " It is on the Navy, under the Good Providence of God, that our Wealth, Prosperity, and Peace depend...
Page 44 - Rhadamanthus," with some servants and carriages, set off last night, as well as the " Shearwater," with Lord Liverpool and Lord Hardwicke on board. The " Salamander" (with Mr. and Mrs. Anson on board), the "Fearless," and the " Royal George" yacht set off at the same time with us, but the wind being against us, we soon lost sight of the yacht, and, not very long after, of all our steamers except the " Monarch," which belongs to the General Steam Navigation Company, and had some of our horses on board.
Page 45 - ... a dark night The coachman instantly drove off as soon as he had got his fare; the watermen commenced a struggle for me and my trunk. Their oaths I hear at this moment: they shook my philosophy more than did the night, or the isolation, or the strangeness of the scene. One laid hands on my trunk. I looked on and waited quietly; but when another laid hands on me, I spoke up, shook off his touch, stepped at once into a boat, desired austerely that the trunk should be placed beside me - 'Just there...
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