Great Sea Stories: Second SeriesJoseph Lewis French Brentano's, 1925 - 348 sider |
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Side 104
... missed doin ' one o ' them , she was goin ' to founder anyhow . She was already well down by the head , an ' - leastways , it ... miss doin ' her in one way or ' nother , when , thunderin ' out o ' the darkness an ' headin ' up to crumpl ...
... missed doin ' one o ' them , she was goin ' to founder anyhow . She was already well down by the head , an ' - leastways , it ... miss doin ' her in one way or ' nother , when , thunderin ' out o ' the darkness an ' headin ' up to crumpl ...
Side 124
... missed us this time . " Pull , men , like fury ; give way , and clap the hull of the brig between you and our honest friends there . " Crack ! -another rally from the masked battery ; the next minute , we had swept round the stern of ...
... missed us this time . " Pull , men , like fury ; give way , and clap the hull of the brig between you and our honest friends there . " Crack ! -another rally from the masked battery ; the next minute , we had swept round the stern of ...
Side 132
... missed , from a wrong elevation of the gun ; not so the small arms - one of our party was shot dead and three wounded ; but the spring was nevertheless made . We scrambled across the brush- wood that 132 GREAT SEA STORIES.
... missed , from a wrong elevation of the gun ; not so the small arms - one of our party was shot dead and three wounded ; but the spring was nevertheless made . We scrambled across the brush- wood that 132 GREAT SEA STORIES.
Side 143
... missed him . As I looked in breathless dread , he suddenly gave a scrambling wallop towards me . " I am done for ; God have mercy on me , and re- ceive my soul ! " Another scramble . I felt his hissing hot breath ; and the foam that he ...
... missed him . As I looked in breathless dread , he suddenly gave a scrambling wallop towards me . " I am done for ; God have mercy on me , and re- ceive my soul ! " Another scramble . I felt his hissing hot breath ; and the foam that he ...
Side 156
... at once a thought seemed to come across him . He stopped , and hung in the wind a moment , as if irresolute whether to bolt or turn back . At this moment one of our people let drive at him , but missed him 156 GREAT SEA STORIES.
... at once a thought seemed to come across him . He stopped , and hung in the wind a moment , as if irresolute whether to bolt or turn back . At this moment one of our people let drive at him , but missed him 156 GREAT SEA STORIES.
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Alan answered appeared bark barque blood blow boat body cabin Cape Horn Captain Crimp cockswain Colonel Hope-Kennedy creature crew cried dark dead deck devil-fish door Duke of Parma English exclaimed eyes face feet fell felucca Finn fire flogged Flying Dutchman fo'c'sl forebridge forecastle frigate gale guns hand head heard Killarney Lady Monson land Lanyard lieutenant light look Lord Admirall mangroves marines master-at-arms masts mate midshipman Miss Laura monster mouth never night oars overboard Paimpol passed phantom ship pistol port pulled punishment rigging round round shot sail sailors says schooner sea-serpent seemed seen serpent ship's shore shot shouted side sight Spaniards Spanish Fleete spectral ship spectre-ship stood struck thought told took turned unto vessel voice whale Wilfrid wind wounded wreck yacht yards