Great Sea Stories: Second SeriesJoseph Lewis French Brentano's, 1925 - 348 sider |
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Side 35
... took off his great - coat , he laid a pair of fine , silver - mounted pistols on the table , and I saw that he was belted with a great sword . His man- ners , besides , were elegant , and he pledged the captain handsomely . Altogether I ...
... took off his great - coat , he laid a pair of fine , silver - mounted pistols on the table , and I saw that he was belted with a great sword . His man- ners , besides , were elegant , and he pledged the captain handsomely . Altogether I ...
Side 46
... took post to drive the door in . I had never fired with a pistol in my life , and not often with a gun ; far less against a fellow - creature . But it was now or never ; and just as they swung the yard , I cried out , " Take that ...
... took post to drive the door in . I had never fired with a pistol in my life , and not often with a gun ; far less against a fellow - creature . But it was now or never ; and just as they swung the yard , I cried out , " Take that ...
Side 52
... took the first spell , pistol in hand and sword on knee ; three hours by the captain's watch upon the wall . Then he roused me up , and I took my turn of three hours ; be- fore the end of which it was broad day , and a very quiet ...
... took the first spell , pistol in hand and sword on knee ; three hours by the captain's watch upon the wall . Then he roused me up , and I took my turn of three hours ; be- fore the end of which it was broad day , and a very quiet ...
Side 59
... took notice , that my bows were manned with red ropes , instead of my side . A fourth asked me , if I could not keep my yards square without iron braces ? And , in short , a thousand witticisms of the same nature were passed upon me ...
... took notice , that my bows were manned with red ropes , instead of my side . A fourth asked me , if I could not keep my yards square without iron braces ? And , in short , a thousand witticisms of the same nature were passed upon me ...
Side 62
... Whereupon , demanding his warrant , it was delivered to him , and the oaths administered immediately . That very afternoon he went to Gravesend in the tilt - boat , from whence he took a place in the tide - 62 GREAT SEA STORIES.
... Whereupon , demanding his warrant , it was delivered to him , and the oaths administered immediately . That very afternoon he went to Gravesend in the tilt - boat , from whence he took a place in the tide - 62 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