Orford

From the accounts Tuckey has given her, she cannot believe that Captain Orford is dead: but rather thinks he is still a prisoner in the hands of Three-fingered Jack.

Obi Melodrama Act II, Obi, Praxis Series, Romantic Circles 2002

This night good buckra man give grand dance and much kous kous; 'cause Captain Orford makes himself all one with Missee Rosa; so run and tell merry Jonkanoo to get him big head on, and all dansa, dansa, like mad.

Obi Melodrama Act I, Obi, Praxis Series, Romantic Circles 2002

Death of Captain Cook (1782); in a detail from this painting (see fig. 2) we can easily substitute the beach scene for Jack's murderous attack (in some sources Orford is said to be stabbed, in others shot).

Savage Boundaries 2002

Right, Quashee: and there's a buckra man coming to make a fine husband for herCaptain Orford, to whom she has long given her heart, returns this very day to claim her hand.

Obi Melodrama Act I, Obi, Praxis Series, Romantic Circles 2002

Grimes’ never-to-be paramour Ellen Orford is sung by American soprano Jennifer Casey Cabot who warms up over the course of this production starting out a little more schoolmarmish and developing into a loving, and sadly abandoned, woman as all her good intentions unravel around her.

Crazy About the Boy 2009

We may every moment expect the arrival of Captain Orford.

Obi Melodrama Act I, Obi, Praxis Series, Romantic Circles 2002

No more of mirth and revelryno more of song and dance; but armarm, my faithful followers, and aid your unhappy master to avenge the murder of Captain Orford.

Obi Melodrama Act I, Obi, Praxis Series, Romantic Circles 2002

It is true, this town is manifestly decayed by the invasion of the waters, and as other towns seem sufferers by the sea, or the tide withdrawing from their ports, such as Orford, just now named,

A Tour through the Eastern Counties of England, 1722 2003

It is true, this town is manifestly decayed by the invasion of the waters, and as other towns seem sufferers by the sea, or the tide withdrawing from their ports, such as Orford, just now named,

A Tour through the Eastern Counties of England, 1722 2003

I suited up in lined fishing waders for warmth, grabbed my fleece pullover and stepped into the eco-boat for the hour voyage up Bute Inlet, through the Arran and Yuculta rapids to the Orford River.

Melanie Nayer: A Walk in the Woods: Girl Meets Grizzly in British Columbia (SLIDESHOW) Melanie Nayer 2010