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 14
... oars apiece, stretching their long sword-fish snouts over the water, as if snuffing for their prey. Behind this long snout, a strong square forecastle was crammed with soldiers, and the muzzles of cannon grinned out through port-holes ...
... oars apiece, stretching their long sword-fish snouts over the water, as if snuffing for their prey. Behind this long snout, a strong square forecastle was crammed with soldiers, and the muzzles of cannon grinned out through port-holes ...
Side 15
... oar, and down the center, between the two banks, the English could see the slave-drivers walking up and down a long ... oars, and the loud "Ha!" of the slaves which accompanied every stroke, and the oaths and curses of the drivers ...
... oar, and down the center, between the two banks, the English could see the slave-drivers walking up and down a long ... oars, and the loud "Ha!" of the slaves which accompanied every stroke, and the oaths and curses of the drivers ...
Side 16
... oars as he had done the ship's sails, Amyas knew was impossible. To run from them was to be caught between them and the ship. He made up his mind, as usual, to the desperate game. "Lay her head up in the wind, helmsman, and we will wait ...
... oars as he had done the ship's sails, Amyas knew was impossible. To run from them was to be caught between them and the ship. He made up his mind, as usual, to the desperate game. "Lay her head up in the wind, helmsman, and we will wait ...
Side 17
... oars from stem to stern, hurling the wretched slaves in heaps upon each other; and ere her mate on the other side could swing round to strike him in his new position, Amyas's whole broadside, great and small, had been poured into her at ...
... oars from stem to stern, hurling the wretched slaves in heaps upon each other; and ere her mate on the other side could swing round to strike him in his new position, Amyas's whole broadside, great and small, had been poured into her at ...
Side 18
... oars and writhing limbs, a voice is shrieking in broadest Devon to the master, who is looking over the side. "Oh, Robert Drew! Robert Drew! Come down, and take me out of hell!" "Who be you, in the name of the Lord?" "Don't you mind ...
... oars and writhing limbs, a voice is shrieking in broadest Devon to the master, who is looking over the side. "Oh, Robert Drew! Robert Drew! Come down, and take me out of hell!" "Who be you, in the name of the Lord?" "Don't you mind ...
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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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