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 3
... Whale The Corvette Claymore The Merchants' Cup A Storm and a Rescue The Sailor's Wife The Salving ofthe Yan-Shan The Derelict Neptune The Terrible Solomons El Dorado Ena'notes Foreword The theme of the sea is heroic—epic. Since the ...
... Whale The Corvette Claymore The Merchants' Cup A Storm and a Rescue The Sailor's Wife The Salving ofthe Yan-Shan The Derelict Neptune The Terrible Solomons El Dorado Ena'notes Foreword The theme of the sea is heroic—epic. Since the ...
Side 28
... whale, exposing all her long black hulk almost down to the keel, and one of her lower-deck guns as if in defiance exploded upright into the air, hurling the ball to the very heavens. In an instant it was answered from the Rose by 28.
... whale, exposing all her long black hulk almost down to the keel, and one of her lower-deck guns as if in defiance exploded upright into the air, hurling the ball to the very heavens. In an instant it was answered from the Rose by 28.
Side 61
... whale oil. They were, generally speaking, hardy, weather-beaten men, and the greater proportion half, or more than half, drunk. When I entered, I walked up to the landlord. "Yo ho, my young un! whence and whither bound, my 61.
... whale oil. They were, generally speaking, hardy, weather-beaten men, and the greater proportion half, or more than half, drunk. When I entered, I walked up to the landlord. "Yo ho, my young un! whence and whither bound, my 61.
Side 120
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Side 127
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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 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