Great Sea StoriesGood Press, 26. nov. 2019 - 349 sider "Great Sea Stories" by various and edited by Joseph Lewis French is a collection of high-seas adventures. French was a novelist, editor, poet and newspaper man who was known for his themed collections. This is one of his most famous. From "The Wreck of the Royal Caroline" to "The Sailor's Wife" life around the seas is inherently romantic and full of adventure which is perfectly depicted in these stories. |
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... close-hauled through the rolling seas. He would go back and burn the villa. He would take Guayra, and have the life of every man in it in return for his brother's. "We can do it, lads!" he shouted. "Drake took Nombre de Dios, we can ...
... close-hauled through the rolling seas. He would go back and burn the villa. He would take Guayra, and have the life of every man in it in return for his brother's. "We can do it, lads!" he shouted. "Drake took Nombre de Dios, we can ...
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... close to the wind, and wait for her on the same tack. Amyas laughed to himself. "Hold on yet awhile. More ways of killing a cat than choking her with cream. Drew, there, are your men ready?" "Ay, ay, sir!" and on they went, closing fast ...
... close to the wind, and wait for her on the same tack. Amyas laughed to himself. "Hold on yet awhile. More ways of killing a cat than choking her with cream. Drew, there, are your men ready?" "Ay, ay, sir!" and on they went, closing fast ...
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... close by his swarm of wasps, and set them so good an example how to use their stings that in three minutes more there was not a Spaniard on board who was not dead or dying. "Let the slaves free!" shouted he. "Throw us a hammer down, men ...
... close by his swarm of wasps, and set them so good an example how to use their stings that in three minutes more there was not a Spaniard on board who was not dead or dying. "Let the slaves free!" shouted he. "Throw us a hammer down, men ...
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... close alongside. "Blow, jolly breeze," cried one, "and lay the Don over all thou canst. —What the murrain is gone, aloft there?" Alas! a crack, a flap, a rattle; and blank dismay! An unlucky shot had cut the foremast (already wounded) ...
... close alongside. "Blow, jolly breeze," cried one, "and lay the Don over all thou canst. —What the murrain is gone, aloft there?" Alas! a crack, a flap, a rattle; and blank dismay! An unlucky shot had cut the foremast (already wounded) ...
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... close to you, and covered with foam and breakers. "She behaves nobly," observed the captain, stepping aft to the binnacle, and looking at the compass; "if the wind does not baffle us, we shall weather." The captain had scarcely time to ...
... close to you, and covered with foam and breakers. "She behaves nobly," observed the captain, stepping aft to the binnacle, and looking at the compass; "if the wind does not baffle us, we shall weather." The captain had scarcely time to ...
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THE CRUISE OF THE TORCH | |
THE MERCHANTMAN AND THE PIRATE | |
NARRATIVE OF THE MUTINY OF THE BOUNTY | |
FATE OF THE MUTINEERSCOLONY OF PITCAIRNS ISLAND | |
THE CAPTURE OF THE GREAT WHITE WHALE | |
SECOND | |
THIRD | |
THE CORVETTE CLAYMORE | |
THE MERCHANTS | |
II | |
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Agra Ahab Amyas anchor arms Bertie Blood blow blue boat boatswain Boisberthelot Boston broken cabin calm cannon carronades crew cried dead deck Dodd door eyes fell fire flag foam forecastle foresail forward gale Ginnell gunner gunwale hand Harman Harriwell hauled head heard helm instant island James Flint keep knew La Guayra land leeward looked mainsail masts mate midshipman minutes Moby Moby Dick morning night oars Pat Ginnell pirate Pitcairn's Island poop port pull quarter Rhondda rigging roared rolled rope round rushed sail sailor San Lucas Islands Schenke schooner sea-anchor ship ship's shore shot shouted side sight skipper soon Spaniard spars starboard Starbuck steered stern stood Table of Contents There's took Treenail Tuebrook turned vessel Vieuville voice watch waves weather whale White Whale wind wreck yards