The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H. M. S. Bounty: Its Causes and ConsequencesA must-read for true-crime buffs and fans of maritime history, The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty: Its Cause and Consequences is widely recognized as the most detailed historical account of the mutiny on the Bounty that has spawned dozens of novels, movies, and other pop-culture retellings. |
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... , mutineers , and murderers a little society which , under the pre- cepts of that sacred volume , is characterized by re- ligion , morality , and innocence . The discovery of this happy people , as unexpected as it was acci-
... , mutineers , and murderers a little society which , under the pre- cepts of that sacred volume , is characterized by re- ligion , morality , and innocence . The discovery of this happy people , as unexpected as it was acci-
Page 136
... innocence , and are so nobly answered by the suffering youth , that no apology seems to be required for their introduction , more especially as their contents are strictly connected with the story of the ill- fated crew of the Bounty ...
... innocence , and are so nobly answered by the suffering youth , that no apology seems to be required for their introduction , more especially as their contents are strictly connected with the story of the ill- fated crew of the Bounty ...
Page 137
... innocence . If , on the contrary , you were concerned in such a con- spiracy against your commander , I shall be as firmly persuaded his conduct was the occasion of it ; but , alas ! could any occasion justify so atro- cious an attempt ...
... innocence . If , on the contrary , you were concerned in such a con- spiracy against your commander , I shall be as firmly persuaded his conduct was the occasion of it ; but , alas ! could any occasion justify so atro- cious an attempt ...
Page 139
... innocence , which those who know you will not for a moment doubt ; but , alas ! while circumstances are against you , the generality of mankind will judge severely . Bligh's representations to the Admiralty are , I am told , very ...
... innocence , which those who know you will not for a moment doubt ; but , alas ! while circumstances are against you , the generality of mankind will judge severely . Bligh's representations to the Admiralty are , I am told , very ...
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... innocence- when I add , at the same time , with real pleasure and satisfaction , that his relation corresponds in many particulars with the accounts we have hitherto heard of the fatal mutiny , and when I also add , with inconceivable ...
... innocence- when I add , at the same time , with real pleasure and satisfaction , that his relation corresponds in many particulars with the accounts we have hitherto heard of the fatal mutiny , and when I also add , with inconceivable ...
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Adams affectionate amiable appear arms arrival asked assistance beloved boat boatswain Bounty bread bread-fruit brother Burkitt called canoes Captain Beechey Captain Bligh Captain Edwards Captain Pipon Captain Waldegrave carpenter Christian Churchill clothes cocoa-nut Coleman commander conduct considered Court court-martial crew dear dearest death deck distress doubt dreadful endeavour escape evidence feeling feet Fletcher Christian Fryer Hallet hands happy Hayward heard heart hoisting honour hope innocence James Morrison John Adams John Sumner land launch letter Lieutenant Bligh M'Intosh Majesty's ship manner mate Matthew Quintal mercy midshipman mind morning Morrison mother mutiny natives NESSY HEYWOOD never night observes occasion officers ordered Otaheitan Otaheite Pandora person Peter Heywood Pitcairn's Island prisoners Quintal received remained says Captain seamen shore sister soon Stewart sufferings taken Thomas Ellison Thursday October Christian tion told vessel voyage whole women young Heywood
Popular passages
Page 241 - Well believe this, No ceremony that to great ones 'longs, Not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword, The marshal's truncheon, nor the judge's robe, Become them with one half so good a grace, As mercy does.
Page 59 - Horror and doubt distract His troubled thoughts, and from the bottom stir The hell within him ; for within him Hell He brings, and round about him, nor from Hell One step, no more than from himself, can fly By change of place.
Page 232 - Judge, before whom all hearts are open and from whom no secrets are hid.
Page 167 - As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawn'd around her like a hell, And down she suck'd with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples with his enemy, And strives to strangle him before he die.
Page 146 - If by your art, my dearest father, you have Put the wild waters in this roar, allay them : The sky, it seems, would pour down stinking pitch, But that the sea, mounting to the welkin's cheek, Dashes the fire out.
Page 167 - Like one who grapples with his enemy, And strives to strangle him before he die. And first one universal shriek there rush'd, Louder than the loud ocean, like a crash Of echoing thunder; and then all was hush'd, Save the wild wind and the remorseless dash Of billows; but at intervals there gush'd, Accompanied with a convulsive splash, A solitary shriek, the bubbling cry Of some strong swimmer in his agony.
Page 62 - I saw, had an inclination to assist me, and as he fed me with shaddock (my lips being quite parched) we explained our wishes to each other by our looks; but, this being observed, Martin was removed from me.
Page 170 - tis but the same; My pang shall find a voice. From my youth upwards My spirit walk'd not with the souls of men, Nor look'd upon the earth with human eyes ; The thirst of their ambition was not mine, The aim of their existence was not mine ; My joys, my griefs, my passions, and my powers, Made me a stranger ; though I wore the form, I had no sympathy with breathing flesh, Nor midst the creatures of clay that girded me Was there but one who but of her anon.
Page 285 - As he wore no clothes except a piece of cloth round his loins, and a straw hat, ornamented with black cock's feathers, his fine figure and well-shaped muscular limbs were displayed to great advantage, and attracted general admiration. His body was much tanned by exposure to the weather, and his countenance had a brownish cast, unmixed, however, with that tinge of red so common among the natives of...
Page 67 - ... .Notwithstanding the roughness with which I was treated, the remembrance of past kindnesses produced some signs of remorse in Christian. When they were forcing me out of the ship, I asked him if this treatment was a proper return for the many instances he had received of my friendship ? he appeared disturbed at my question, and answered, with much emotion, " That, Captain Bligh, that is the thing ; — I am in hell...