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 18
... take me out of hell!" "Who be you, in the name of the Lord?" "Don't you mind William Prust, that Captain Hawkins left behind in the Honduras, years and years agone? There's nine of us aboard, if your shot hasn't put 'em out of 18.
... take me out of hell!" "Who be you, in the name of the Lord?" "Don't you mind William Prust, that Captain Hawkins left behind in the Honduras, years and years agone? There's nine of us aboard, if your shot hasn't put 'em out of 18.
Side 23
... captain, and have at her." "Let her come abreast of us, and don't burn powder. We have the wind, and can do what we like with her. Serve the men out a horn of ale all round, steward, and all take your time." So they waited five minutes ...
... captain, and have at her." "Let her come abreast of us, and don't burn powder. We have the wind, and can do what we like with her. Serve the men out a horn of ale all round, steward, and all take your time." So they waited five minutes ...
Side 27
... captain. Now was the moment for a counter stroke. Amyas shouted for the boarders, and in two minutes more he was over the side, and clutching at the Spaniards mizzen rigging. What was this? The distance between him and the enemy's side ...
... captain. Now was the moment for a counter stroke. Amyas shouted for the boarders, and in two minutes more he was over the side, and clutching at the Spaniards mizzen rigging. What was this? The distance between him and the enemy's side ...
Side 29
... , under the flag of Spain, stood the tall captain, his left hand on the standard-staff, his sword pointed in his right. "Back men!" they heard him cry, "and die like valiant mariners." Some of them ran to the bulwarks, and shouted 29.
... , under the flag of Spain, stood the tall captain, his left hand on the standard-staff, his sword pointed in his right. "Back men!" they heard him cry, "and die like valiant mariners." Some of them ran to the bulwarks, and shouted 29.
Side 34
... captain?" "You don't want us to go in to 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 ...
... captain?" "You don't want us to go in to 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 ...
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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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