Great Sea StoriesJoseph Lewis French The Floating Press, 1. jun. 2010 - 454 sider "The theme of the sea is heroic--epic. Since the first stirrings of the imagination of man the sea has enthralled him; and since the dawn of literature he has chronicled his wanderings upon its vast bosom." Joseph Lewis French collected what he considered the best sea stories of literature into this volume. |
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... Guayra, and have the life of every man in it in return for his brother's. "We can do it, lads!" he shouted. "Drake took Nombre de Dios, we can take La Guayra." And every voice shouted, "Yes." "We will have it, Amyas, and have Frank too ...
... Guayra, and have the life of every man in it in return for his brother's. "We can do it, lads!" he shouted. "Drake took Nombre de Dios, we can take La Guayra." And every voice shouted, "Yes." "We will have it, Amyas, and have Frank too ...
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... La Guayra?" "Art thou never glutted with Spanish blood, thou old wolf?" asked Will Cary. "Never, sir," answered Yeo. "To St. J ago be it," said Amyas, "if we can get there: but—God help us!" And he looked round sadly enough; while no ...
... La Guayra?" "Art thou never glutted with Spanish blood, thou old wolf?" asked Will Cary. "Never, sir," answered Yeo. "To St. J ago be it," said Amyas, "if we can get there: but—God help us!" And he looked round sadly enough; while no ...
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... La Guayra again, sir? There are enough of us thrown away already, I reckon, about that wench there." "Best sit here, and sink quietly. There's no getting home again, that's plain." "Why were we brought out here to be killed." "For shame ...
... La Guayra again, sir? There are enough of us thrown away already, I reckon, about that wench there." "Best sit here, and sink quietly. There's no getting home again, that's plain." "Why were we brought out here to be killed." "For shame ...
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... La Guayra, and now you think it too much to have fought them fairly out at sea? Nothing venture, nothing win; and nobody goes birdnesting without a fall at times. If any one wants to be safe in this life, he'd best stay at home and keep ...
... La Guayra, and now you think it too much to have fought them fairly out at sea? Nothing venture, nothing win; and nobody goes birdnesting without a fall at times. If any one wants to be safe in this life, he'd best stay at home and keep ...
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The Merchantman and the Pirate | 107 |
Narrative of the Mutiny of the Bounty | 139 |
The Wreck of the Royal Caroline | 176 |
The Capture of the Great White Whale | 197 |
The Merchants Cup | 276 |
A Storm and a Rescue | 307 |
The Sailors Wife | 339 |
The Salving of the YanShan | 357 |
The Derelict Neptune | 384 |
The Terrible Solomons | 416 |
El Dorado | 442 |
Endnotes | 453 |
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