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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Side 11
... arms of Leigh and Cary side by side, and over them the ship and bridge of the good town of Bideford. And then Amyas calls— "Now, silence trumpets, waits, play up! 'Fortune my foe!' and God and the Queen be with us!" Whereon (laugh not ...
... arms of Leigh and Cary side by side, and over them the ship and bridge of the good town of Bideford. And then Amyas calls— "Now, silence trumpets, waits, play up! 'Fortune my foe!' and God and the Queen be with us!" Whereon (laugh not ...
Side 12
... arm men. Pass the order down to the gunner, and bid all fire high, and take the rigging." Bang went one of the Spaniards bow guns, and the shot went wide. Then another and another, while the men fidgeted about, looking at the priming of ...
... arm men. Pass the order down to the gunner, and bid all fire high, and take the rigging." Bang went one of the Spaniards bow guns, and the shot went wide. Then another and another, while the men fidgeted about, looking at the priming of ...
Side 19
... arms. Why make a long story of what took but five minutes to do? The nine men (luckily none of them wounded) are freed, and helped on board, to be hugged and kissed by old comrades and young kinsmen; while the remaining slaves ...
... arms. Why make a long story of what took but five minutes to do? The nine men (luckily none of them wounded) are freed, and helped on board, to be hugged and kissed by old comrades and young kinsmen; while the remaining slaves ...
Side 20
... ; and my two boys?" "With the Lord." The old man catches Yeo by the arm. "How, then?" It is Yeo's turn to shudder now. "Killed in Panama, fighting the Spaniards; sailing with Mr. Oxeham; and 'twas I led 'em into it. May God 20.
... ; and my two boys?" "With the Lord." The old man catches Yeo by the arm. "How, then?" It is Yeo's turn to shudder now. "Killed in Panama, fighting the Spaniards; sailing with Mr. Oxeham; and 'twas I led 'em into it. May God 20.
Side 24
... arm men, be ready. He will be aboard of us in five minutes!" It was true. The Rose, unmanageable from the loss of her headsail, lay at the mercy of the Spaniard; and the archers and musqueteers had hardly time to range themselves to ...
... arm men, be ready. He will be aboard of us in five minutes!" It was true. The Rose, unmanageable from the loss of her headsail, lay at the mercy of the Spaniard; and the archers and musqueteers had hardly time to range themselves to ...
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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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Agra Ahab Amyas anchor arms Bertie Blood blow boat boatswain Boisberthelot Boston broken cabin cannon captain carronades coast crew cried dead deck Dodd door eyes fell fire flag flashed flew floating floor Florida Channel flying foam forecastle foresail forward gale Ginnell gunner gunwale hand Harman Harriwell hauled head heard helm instant island James Flint La Guayra land leeward looked mainsail masts mate midshipman minutes Moby Dick morning night oars Pat Ginnell pirate Pitcairn's Island poop port pulled quarter Rhondda rifle rigging roared rolled rope rose round rushed sail sailor San Lucas Islands Schenke schooner ship ship's shore shot shouted side sight skipper soon Spaniards spars starboard Starbuck steered stern stood took Treenail turned vessel Vieuville voice watch waves weather whale White Whale wind wreck yards