Great Sea Stories: Second SeriesJoseph Lewis French Brentano's, 1925 - 348 sider |
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Side 111
... frigate's people tell me , sir , that he handled the ship like a top , " continued the cockswain ; " but she is a ship that is a nateral inimy of the bottom ! " " Can you say as much for this boat , Master Coffin ? " cried Barnstable ...
... frigate's people tell me , sir , that he handled the ship like a top , " continued the cockswain ; " but she is a ship that is a nateral inimy of the bottom ! " " Can you say as much for this boat , Master Coffin ? " cried Barnstable ...
Side 119
... frigate hove - to in the offing , dashed over with a fine breeze , that , from the eddy round the point to windward , was nearly a fair wind up the river . For a minute I thought we were in some peril when passing the boiling water on ...
... frigate hove - to in the offing , dashed over with a fine breeze , that , from the eddy round the point to windward , was nearly a fair wind up the river . For a minute I thought we were in some peril when passing the boiling water on ...
Side 121
... , well , lucky it is no worse , " rejoined honest Dick Lanyard ; " but I say , Master Marline , " to the senior midshipmate of the frigate , who commanded one of the other boats , " we can't lie here IN THE HORNETS ' NEST 121.
... , well , lucky it is no worse , " rejoined honest Dick Lanyard ; " but I say , Master Marline , " to the senior midshipmate of the frigate , who commanded one of the other boats , " we can't lie here IN THE HORNETS ' NEST 121.
Side 126
... frigate in the offing through the livelong night , firing signal - guns every ten minutes , which we durst not answer , without the certainty of being speedily blown to pieces by our invisible antagonists . About ten o'clock I went ...
... frigate in the offing through the livelong night , firing signal - guns every ten minutes , which we durst not answer , without the certainty of being speedily blown to pieces by our invisible antagonists . About ten o'clock I went ...
Side 128
... impervious to the sun's rays . I was in the sternmost boat ; the next to me was commanded by the first lieutenant of the frigate , old Davie Doublepipe ; and as we sculled along in the clear creek - 128 GREAT SEA STORIES.
... impervious to the sun's rays . I was in the sternmost boat ; the next to me was commanded by the first lieutenant of the frigate , old Davie Doublepipe ; and as we sculled along in the clear creek - 128 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