 ... struggle, he naturally turned to the rock, and was endeavouring to support himself by it, when a savage gave him a blow with a club, and he was seen alive no more. They hauled him up lifeless on the rocks, where they seemed to take a savage pleasure...  Dictionary of National Biography - Page 59edited by - 1887Full view - About this book
 | Robert Kerr - 1815 - 546 pages
...on the rocks, where they seemed to take a savage pleasure in using every barbarity to his dead body, snatching the daggers out of each other's hands, to...piercing the fallen victim of their barbarous rage. " I need make no reflection on the great loss we suffered on this occasion, or attempt to describe... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1813 - 538 pages
...the rocks, where they seemed to take a savage pleasure in using every barbarity to his dead body ; snatching the daggers out of each other's hands, to...piercing the fallen victim of their barbarous rage." Captain Cook was a married man, and left several children behind him. On each of these his majesty... | |
 | Biography - 1813 - 536 pages
...the rocks, where they seemed to take a savage pleasure in using every barbarity to his dead body ; snatching the daggers out of each other's hands, to...piercing the fallen victim of their barbarous rage." Captain Cook was a married man, and left several children behind him. On each of these his majesty... | |
 | General history - 1814 - 798 pages
...on the rocks, where they seemed to take a savage pleasure in using every barbarity to his dead body, snatching the daggers out of each other's hands, to...piercing the fallen victim of their barbarous rage. " I need make no reflection on the great Joss we suffered on th;s occasion, or attempt to describe... | |
 | Andrew Kippis - Explorers - 1824 - 186 pages
...Siivasje pleasure in using every barbarity to his dead body, snatching the daggers out of each cither's hands, to have the horrid satisfaction. of piercing the fallen victim of their barbarous " The fatal event happened at eight o'clock in the morning, about an hour after Captain Cook landed.... | |
 | Robert Kerr - Explorers - 1824 - 526 pages
...in using every barbarity to his Head body, snatching the daggers out of each other's hands, to nave the horrid satisfaction of piercing the fallen victim of their barbarous rage, " I need make no reflection on the great loss we suffered on this occasion, or attempt to describe... | |
 | Andrew Kippis - Voyages around the world - 1826 - 464 pages
...on the rocks, where they seemed to take a savage pleasure in using every barbarity to his dead body, snatching the daggers out of each other's hands, to...satisfaction of piercing the fallen victim of their barbarons rage. " I need make no reflection on the great loss we suffered on this occasion, or attempt... | |
 | Andrew Kippis - Voyages around the world - 1832 - 238 pages
...on the rocks, where they seemed to take a savage pleasure in using every barbarity to his dead body, snatching the daggers out of each other's hands, to...piercing the fallen victim of their barbarous rage. 44 1 need make no reflection on the great loss we suffered on this occasion, or attempt to describe... | |
 | William Pinnock - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1836 - 734 pages
...lifeless on the rocks, where they seemed to take a «avage pleasure in using every barbarity to his body, snatching the daggers out of each other's hands, to...piercing the fallen victim of their barbarous rage. I need make no reflection on the great loss we suffered on this occasion, or attempt to describe what... | |
 | Andrew Kippis - Pacific Area - 1838 - 474 pages
...preserve the life of Captain Cook, even if no mistake had been committed on the part of the launch. the daggers out of each other's hands, to have the...piercing the fallen victim of their barbarous rage. ' I need make no reflection on the great loss we suffered on this occasion, or attempt to describe... | |
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