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 10
... crew came on deck again. "A big ship forward, and two galleys astern of her. The big ship may keep; she is a race ship, and if we can but recover the wind of her, we will see whether our height is not a match for her length. We must ...
... crew came on deck again. "A big ship forward, and two galleys astern of her. The big ship may keep; she is a race ship, and if we can but recover the wind of her, we will see whether our height is not a match for her length. We must ...
Side 20
... crew are clothing, feeding, questioning, caressing those nine poor fellows thus snatched from living death; and Yeo, hearing the news, has rushed up on deck to welcome his old comrades, and— "Is Michael Heard, my cousin, here among you ...
... crew are clothing, feeding, questioning, caressing those nine poor fellows thus snatched from living death; and Yeo, hearing the news, has rushed up on deck to welcome his old comrades, and— "Is Michael Heard, my cousin, here among you ...
Side 22
... crew towards the Spanish ship which was two miles to leeward of them, and which must be fought with, or fled from, before a quarter of an hour was past. So, kneeling down upon the deck, as many a brave crew in those days did in like ...
... crew towards the Spanish ship which was two miles to leeward of them, and which must be fought with, or fled from, before a quarter of an hour was past. So, kneeling down upon the deck, as many a brave crew in those days did in like ...
Side 29
... crew come pouring wildly up on deck, with cries and prayers, and rush aft to the poop, where, 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 ...
... crew come pouring wildly up on deck, with cries and prayers, and rush aft to the poop, where, 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 ...
Side 30
... crew into the eddies. Nothing but the point of her poop remained, and there stood the stern and steadfast Don, cap-a-pié in his glistening black armor, immovable as a man of iron, while over him the flag, which claimed the empire of ...
... crew into the eddies. Nothing but the point of her poop remained, and there stood the stern and steadfast Don, cap-a-pié in his glistening black armor, immovable as a man of iron, while over him the flag, which claimed the empire of ...
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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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