 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...  Christina, the Maid of the South Seas: A Poem - Page 261by Mary Russell Mitford - 1811 - 332 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1876 - 504 pages
...return for-the many instances he had received of his friendship? At this question he seemed confused, and answered with much emotion, — " That, Captain Bligh, that is the thing; 1 am in hell— I am in hell." The boat was vjrrcd astern, and soon after cast adrift, amidst the ridicule... | |
 | sir John Barrow (bart.) - 1883 - 432 pages
...the mutinous proceedings, as stated by the Lieutenant in his own words. CHAPTER III. THE MUTINY. " That, Captain Bligh,— that is the thing ; I am in hell !I am in hell ! " — FLETCHER CHRISTIAN. " Horror and doubt distract His troubled thoughts, and from the bottom... | |
 | Louis Becke, Walter Jeffery - 1899 - 384 pages
...this treatment was a proper return for his commander's kindness, to which the mutineer answered, " That, Captain Bligh, that is the thing. I am in hell ; I am in hell." Bligh on being asked by the friends of young Heywood if he thought it possible that this boy of fifteen,... | |
 | Curt Lotze - 1902 - 56 pages
...forcing me out of the ship, I asked him, if this treatment was a proper return for the many mstances he had received of my friendship? he appeared disturbed...is the thing, — I am in hell — I am in hell!" 8 ). ... A few hours before, my situation had been peculiarly flattering. I had a ship in the most... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1924 - 684 pages
...proper return for the many instances tie had received of my friendship ? He appeared disturbed at the question, and answered, with much emotion, ' That,...is the thing ; — I am in hell — I am in hell.' " — A Narrative, etc., 1790, pp. 4-8. Bligh's testimony on this point does not correspond with Morrison's... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 686 pages
...instances he had received of my friendship ? He appeared disturbed at the question, and answered, w1th much emotion, 'That, — Captain Bligh, — that is the thing; — I am in hell — I am in hell.' " — A Narrative, etc. , 1790, pp. 4-8. Bligh's testimony on this point does not correspond with Morrison's... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 684 pages
...proper return for the many instances he had received of my friendship ? He appeared disturbed at the question, and answered, with much emotion, 'That, — Captain Bligh, — that is the thing; — 1 am in hell — I am in hell.' " — A Narrative, etc. , 1790, pp. 4-8. Bligh's testimony on this... | |
 | John Livingston Lowes - 1927 - 694 pages
...philosophy of this.' 'When they were forcing me out of the ship,' wrote Bligh, 'I asked him [Christian], if this treatment was a proper return for the many...is the thing; — I am in hell — I am in hell."' "7 The adventures of Christian the mutineer, as Coleridge conceived them, may well have been, like... | |
 | P. J. Van Der Voort - 1972 - 198 pages
...Matthew Quintal, one of the seamen, with two dozen lashes, for insolence and mutinous behaviour. 1 I asked him if this treatment was a proper return...emotion, "That, Captain Bligh, that is the thing; I am in hell—I am in hell". 2 Beechey's Narrative: Adams was shot through the body, the ball entering at... | |
 | Angus Calder - 1989 - 202 pages
...upbraids him, reminding him of the kindnesses which he has shown him. To which Christian replies, ' "That, - Captain Bligh, - that is the thing; - I am in hell - I am in hell." '8 As for the twenty-five men left aboard, some were clearly reluctant to stay. Bligh is surprisingly... | |
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