Great Sea Stories: Second SeriesJoseph Lewis French Brentano's, 1925 - 348 sider |
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Side 120
... felucca and got the boats alongside , all to the cutter , which was sent to pull round the polacre and reconnoitre . On the officer returning , he said he had seen nothing . We therefore determined to remain quiet for some time longer ...
... felucca and got the boats alongside , all to the cutter , which was sent to pull round the polacre and reconnoitre . On the officer returning , he said he had seen nothing . We therefore determined to remain quiet for some time longer ...
Side 124
... felucca . " Cast off your fastenings , and sheer off , my lads , or we may get a hoist we don't dream of . " At this instant the battery on shore began to play in earnest ; not in broadsides , but by single guns , as fast as they could ...
... felucca . " Cast off your fastenings , and sheer off , my lads , or we may get a hoist we don't dream of . " At this instant the battery on shore began to play in earnest ; not in broadsides , but by single guns , as fast as they could ...
Side 126
... felucca , and now made up our minds to while away the time until the day broke , in the best way we could , all hands being set to cooper the damaged boat , of which we contrived to make a very tolerable job , so that she leaked very ...
... felucca , and now made up our minds to while away the time until the day broke , in the best way we could , all hands being set to cooper the damaged boat , of which we contrived to make a very tolerable job , so that she leaked very ...
Side 128
... felucca was floating quietly out of cannon - shot , we left her in charge of ten hands , and crowding the other boats , three in all ( the damaged boat having been repaired , as already men- tioned ) , dropped down with the current ...
... felucca was floating quietly out of cannon - shot , we left her in charge of ten hands , and crowding the other boats , three in all ( the damaged boat having been repaired , as already men- tioned ) , dropped down with the current ...
Side 165
... felucca . On mustering we found our loss had been exceedingly severe ; no fewer than seven missing , five of whom , I knew , had been killed outright , and fourteen wounded , some of them seriously enough . THE DUEL [ From " An Ocean ...
... felucca . On mustering we found our loss had been exceedingly severe ; no fewer than seven missing , five of whom , I knew , had been killed outright , and fourteen wounded , some of them seriously enough . THE DUEL [ From " An Ocean ...
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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