 | R. P. Forster - 1818 - 592 pàgines
...and a boy. The missionary •flag was at the same time hoisted at the mi/en top-gallantmast head : three doves argent, on a purple field, bearing olive branches in their bills. On the 24th of September, they left Portsmouth, loaded with presents; and on the 14th of October, touched... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1826 - 694 pàgines
...and pliability of temper. On the 10th of August, 1796, the expedition sailed from the river Thames, having for their flag, hoisted at the mizen-top-gallant-mast-head,...argent, on a purple field, bearing olive branches in thair bills. At Spithead, where the Captain joined her and took the command, they were detained, waiting... | |
 | Hugh Reginald Haweis - 1896 - 368 pàgines
...startling narrative of just one hundred years ago (1896). LXXXV THE ' DUFF' SAILS FOR TAHITI. — ' Three doves argent, on a purple field, bearing olive branches in their bills.' A light vessel with this strange flag floated down the Channel one fine August morning in the year... | |
 | Richard Lovett - 1899 - 920 pàgines
...His saints, surely He was present on that occasion.' On August 10, 1796, at 6 am, the mission-flag, 'three doves argent, on a purple field, bearing olive branches in their bills,' was hoisted, and the anchor weighed. Everything augured well. The morning was fine, the breeze favourable,... | |
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Thames, having for their flag, hoisted at the mizen-top-gallant-mast-head, three doves argent, on a purple field, bearing olive branches in their bills. 