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 57
... 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 forenoon, Mr. T reenail, the second lieutenant, sent for ...
... 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 forenoon, Mr. T reenail, the second lieutenant, sent for ...
Side 71
... island—magnificent mountains— white town,—and all very fine, but nothing particular happened for three weeks. One fine evening (we had by this time progressed into the trades, and were within three hundred miles of Barbadoes) the sun ...
... island—magnificent mountains— white town,—and all very fine, but nothing particular happened for three weeks. One fine evening (we had by this time progressed into the trades, and were within three hundred miles of Barbadoes) the sun ...
Side 78
... island. In a week after we arrived off the east end of Jamaica; and that same evening, in obedience to the orders of the admiral on the windward Island station, we hove to in Bull Bay, in order to land despatches, and secure our 78.
... island. In a week after we arrived off the east end of Jamaica; and that same evening, in obedience to the orders of the admiral on the windward Island station, we hove to in Bull Bay, in order to land despatches, and secure our 78.
Side 100
Du har nået visningsgrænsen for denne bog.
Du har nået visningsgrænsen for denne bog.
Side 101
Du har nået visningsgrænsen for denne bog.
Du har nået visningsgrænsen for denne bog.
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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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