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 9
... down his face. Amyas stood still steering. His face was grown seven years older in the last night. A terrible set calm was on him. Woe to the man who came across him that day! "There are three of them, you see, my masters," said.
... down his face. Amyas stood still steering. His face was grown seven years older in the last night. A terrible set calm was on him. Woe to the man who came across him that day! "There are three of them, you see, my masters," said.
Side 12
... stood across the Rose 's bows, but knowing the English readiness dare not for fear of being raked; so her only plan, if she did not intend to shoot past her foe down to leeward, was to put her head close to the wind, and wait for her on ...
... stood across the Rose 's bows, but knowing the English readiness dare not for fear of being raked; so her only plan, if she did not intend to shoot past her foe down to leeward, was to put her head close to the wind, and wait for her on ...
Side 16
... stood at quarters with compressed lips, not knowing what was to come next. Amyas, towering motionless on the quarter-deck, gave his orders calmly and decisively. The men saw that he trusted himself, and trusted him accordingly. The ...
... stood at quarters with compressed lips, not knowing what was to come next. Amyas, towering motionless on the quarter-deck, gave his orders calmly and decisively. The men saw that he trusted himself, and trusted him accordingly. The ...
Side 27
... stood the Spanish captain. Now was the moment for a counter stroke. Amyas shouted for the boarders, and in two minutes more he was over the side, and clutching at the Spaniards mizzen rigging. What was this? The distance between him and ...
... stood the Spanish captain. Now was the moment for a counter stroke. Amyas shouted for the boarders, and in two minutes more he was over the side, and clutching at the Spaniards mizzen rigging. What was this? The distance between him and ...
Side 29
... 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 him cry, "and die like valiant mariners." Some of them ran to the bulwarks, and shouted 29.
... 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 him cry, "and die like valiant mariners." Some of them ran to the bulwarks, and shouted 29.
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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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