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 39
... boat, and watched anxiously for an hour. The boat returned with a good report of two fathoms of water over the bar, impenetrable forests for two miles up, the river sixty yards broad, and no sign of man. The river's banks were soft and ...
... boat, and watched anxiously for an hour. The boat returned with a good report of two fathoms of water over the bar, impenetrable forests for two miles up, the river sixty yards broad, and no sign of man. The river's banks were soft and ...
Side 41
... boat. All was foul, sullen, weird as witches' dream. If Amyas had seen a crew of skeletons glide down the stream behind him, with Satan standing at the helm, he would scarcely have been surprised. What fitter craft 41.
... boat. All was foul, sullen, weird as witches' dream. If Amyas had seen a crew of skeletons glide down the stream behind him, with Satan standing at the helm, he would scarcely have been surprised. What fitter craft 41.
Side 56
... 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.
... 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 57
... boat— all very clever. Ran in, and anchored under Spike Island. A line-of-battle ship, three fri gates, and a number of merchantmen at anchor—menof-war lovely craft—bands playing—a good deal of the pomp and circumstances of war. Next ...
... boat— all very clever. Ran in, and anchored under Spike Island. A line-of-battle ship, three fri gates, and a number of merchantmen at anchor—menof-war lovely craft—bands playing—a good deal of the pomp and circumstances of war. Next ...
Side 65
... in bad French. I could hear Mr. Treenail rumbling and stumbling in his stateroom, as he accoutred himself in a jacket similar to those of the armed boat's crew whom I had passed, and presently he stepped into the gunroom, armed also 65.
... in bad French. I could hear Mr. Treenail rumbling and stumbling in his stateroom, as he accoutred himself in a jacket similar to those of the armed boat's crew whom I had passed, and presently he stepped into the gunroom, armed also 65.
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| 7 | |
| 43 | |
| 56 | |
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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