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 11
... side by side, and over them the ship and bridge of the good town of Bideford. And then Amyas calls— "Now, silence trumpets, waits, play up! 'Fortune my foe!' and God and the Queen be with us!" Whereon (laugh not, reader, for it was the ...
... side by side, and over them the ship and bridge of the good town of Bideford. And then Amyas calls— "Now, silence trumpets, waits, play up! 'Fortune my foe!' and God and the Queen be with us!" Whereon (laugh not, reader, for it was the ...
Side 14
... out through port-holes, not only in the sides of the forecastle, but forward in the line of the galley's course, thus enabling her to keep up a continual fire on a ship right ahead. The long low waist was packed full of the slaves, 14.
... out through port-holes, not only in the sides of the forecastle, but forward in the line of the galley's course, thus enabling her to keep up a continual fire on a ship right ahead. The long low waist was packed full of the slaves, 14.
Side 17
... side could swing round to strike him in his new position, Amyas's whole broadside, great and small, had been poured into her at pistolshot, answered by a yell which rent their ears and hearts. "Spare the slaves! Fire at the soldiers ...
... side could swing round to strike him in his new position, Amyas's whole broadside, great and small, had been poured into her at pistolshot, answered by a yell which rent their ears and hearts. "Spare the slaves! Fire at the soldiers ...
Side 18
... 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 William Prust, that Captain Hawkins left behind in the Honduras, years and years agone? There's nine of us ...
... 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 William Prust, that Captain Hawkins left behind in the Honduras, years and years agone? There's nine of us ...
Side 19
... side, and seemingly ready to sink. "Are there any English on board of her?" asks Amyas, loth to lose the chance of freeing a countryman. "Never a one, sir, thank God." So they set to work to repair damages; while the liberated slaves ...
... side, and seemingly ready to sink. "Are there any English on board of her?" asks Amyas, loth to lose the chance of freeing a countryman. "Never a one, sir, thank God." So they set to work to repair damages; while the liberated slaves ...
Indhold
| 4 | |
| 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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Almindelige termer og sætninger
Agra Ahab Amyas anchor arms Bertie Blood blow boat boatswain Boisberthelot Boston broken cabin cannon captain carronades coast crew cried dead deck Dodd door eyes fell fire flag flashed flew floating floor Florida Channel flying foam forecastle foresail forward gale Ginnell gunner gunwale hand Harman Harriwell hauled head heard helm instant island James Flint La Guayra land leeward looked mainsail masts mate midshipman minutes Moby Dick morning night oars Pat Ginnell pirate Pitcairn's Island poop port pulled quarter Rhondda rifle rigging roared rolled rope rose round rushed sail sailor San Lucas Islands Schenke schooner ship ship's shore shot shouted side sight skipper soon Spaniards spars starboard Starbuck steered stern stood took Treenail turned vessel Vieuville voice watch waves weather whale White Whale wind wreck yards
Bibliografiske oplysninger
| Titel | Great Sea Stories |
| Redaktør | Joseph Lewis French |
| Udgiver | The Floating Press, 2010 |
| ISBN | 1775418227, 9781775418221 |
| Længde | 454 sider |
| Eksporter henvisning | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |