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 12
... starboard guns; to starboard, and wait, all small arm men. Pass the order down to the gunner, and bid all fire high, and take the rigging." Bang went one of the Spaniard's bow guns, and the shot went wide. Then another and another ...
... starboard guns; to starboard, and wait, all small arm men. Pass the order down to the gunner, and bid all fire high, and take the rigging." Bang went one of the Spaniard's bow guns, and the shot went wide. Then another and another ...
Side 65
... starboard gangway, dressed in pea-jackets, under which, by the light of a lantern, carried by one of them, I could see they were all armed with pistols and cutlass. They appeared in great glee, and as they made way for me, I could hear ...
... starboard gangway, dressed in pea-jackets, under which, by the light of a lantern, carried by one of them, I could see they were all armed with pistols and cutlass. They appeared in great glee, and as they made way for me, I could hear ...
Side 73
... starboard side, and to load them with grape. "On board there—get below, all you of the English crew, as I shall fire with grape," sung out the captain. The hint was now taken. The ship at length came to the wind— we rounded to, under ...
... starboard side, and to load them with grape. "On board there—get below, all you of the English crew, as I shall fire with grape," sung out the captain. The hint was now taken. The ship at length came to the wind— we rounded to, under ...
Side 95
... Starboard watch, ahoy!"—which was a cheery sound to us of the larboard, who were thus released from duty on deck, and allowed to go below. The men were scrambling down the weather shrouds, and I was preparing to follow them, when I ...
... Starboard watch, ahoy!"—which was a cheery sound to us of the larboard, who were thus released from duty on deck, and allowed to go below. The men were scrambling down the weather shrouds, and I was preparing to follow them, when I ...
Side 120
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Indhold
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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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Agra Ahab aloft Amyas anchor arms Bertie Blood blow blue boat boatswain Boisberthelot Boston broken cabin cannon carronades coast crew cried dead deck Dodd door eyes fell fire flag Florida Channel foam forecastle foresail forward gale Ginnell gunner gunwale hand Harman Harriwell hauled head heard helm hull instant island James Flint keep knew La Guayra land leeward lieutenant looked mainsail masts mate minutes Moby Moby Dick morning night oars Pat Ginnell pirate Pitcairn's Island poop port pulled quarter Rhondda rigging roared rolled rope round rushed sail sailor San Lucas Islands Schenke schooner ship ship's shore shot shouted side sight skipper soon Spaniard spars starboard Starbuck steered stern stood Stubb took Treenail Tuebrook turned vessel Vieuville voice watch waves weather whale White Whale wind wreck yards