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 24
... Blow, jolly breeze," cried one, "and lay the Don over all thou canst.—What the murrain is gone, aloft there?" Alas! a crack, a flap, a rattle; and blank dismay! An unlucky shot had cut the foremast (already wounded) in two, and all ...
... Blow, jolly breeze," cried one, "and lay the Don over all thou canst.—What the murrain is gone, aloft there?" Alas! a crack, a flap, a rattle; and blank dismay! An unlucky shot had cut the foremast (already wounded) in two, and all ...
Side 33
... blow hot and cold at every change of weather!" "I wish you'd come forward and speak to them, sir," said Yeo, who had overheard the last words, "or we shall get nought done? Amyas went forward instantly. "Now then, my brave lads, 33.
... blow hot and cold at every change of weather!" "I wish you'd come forward and speak to them, sir," said Yeo, who had overheard the last words, "or we shall get nought done? Amyas went forward instantly. "Now then, my brave lads, 33.
Side 56
... and sailed for the Cove of Cork. It was blowing hard as we stood in for the Old Head of Kinsale —pilot boat breasting the foaming surge like a sea gull— Carrol Cove in her tiny mainsail—pilot jumped into the main 56 The Cruise of the Torch.
... and sailed for the Cove of Cork. It was blowing hard as we stood in for the Old Head of Kinsale —pilot boat breasting the foaming surge like a sea gull— Carrol Cove in her tiny mainsail—pilot jumped into the main 56 The Cruise of the Torch.
Side 73
... blow, as when the spike of a butcher's axe is driven through a bullock's forehead deep into the brain. By this time all hands had been called, and the word had been passed to clear away two of the foremost carronades on the starboard ...
... blow, as when the spike of a butcher's axe is driven through a bullock's forehead deep into the brain. By this time all hands had been called, and the word had been passed to clear away two of the foremost carronades on the starboard ...
Side 87
... blow—Whiss —a shot flew over our mast-head. "A small schooner lying to right ahead, sir," sang out the boatswain from the forecastle. Before we could beat to quarters, another sang between our masts. We kept steadily on our course, and ...
... blow—Whiss —a shot flew over our mast-head. "A small schooner lying to right ahead, sir," sang out the boatswain from the forecastle. Before we could beat to quarters, another sang between our masts. We kept steadily on our course, and ...
Indhold
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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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