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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... gave his orders calmly and decisively. The men saw that he trusted himself, and trusted him accordingly. The Spaniards, seeing him wait for them, gave a shout of joy—was the Englishman mad? And the two galleys converged rapidly ...
... gave his orders calmly and decisively. The men saw that he trusted himself, and trusted him accordingly. The Spaniards, seeing him wait for them, gave a shout of joy—was the Englishman mad? And the two galleys converged rapidly ...
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... gave God thanks devoutly for the favor they had found," and then with one accord, at Jack's leading, sang one and all the ninety-fourth Psalm: "Oh, Lord, thou dost revenge all wrong; Vengeance belongs to thee," etc. And then again to ...
... gave God thanks devoutly for the favor they had found," and then with one accord, at Jack's leading, sang one and all the ninety-fourth Psalm: "Oh, Lord, thou dost revenge all wrong; Vengeance belongs to thee," etc. And then again to ...
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... gave one awful lunge forward, and dived under the coming swell, hurling her crew into the eddies. Nothing but the point of her poop remained, and there stood the stern and steadfast Don, cap-à-pié in his glistening black armor ...
... gave one awful lunge forward, and dived under the coming swell, hurling her crew into the eddies. Nothing but the point of her poop remained, and there stood the stern and steadfast Don, cap-à-pié in his glistening black armor ...
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... gave when Yeo and the carpenter came aft, and told Amyas in a low voice — way, "We are hit somewhere forward, below the waterline, sir. She leaks a terrible deal, and the Lord will not vouchsafe to us to lay our hands on the place, for ...
... gave when Yeo and the carpenter came aft, and told Amyas in a low voice — way, "We are hit somewhere forward, below the waterline, sir. She leaks a terrible deal, and the Lord will not vouchsafe to us to lay our hands on the place, for ...
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... gave themselves up helplessly to the depressing influence of that doleful place. The black bank of dingy leathern leaves above his head, the endless labyrinth of stems and withes (for every bough had lowered its own living cord, to take ...
... gave themselves up helplessly to the depressing influence of that doleful place. The black bank of dingy leathern leaves above his head, the endless labyrinth of stems and withes (for every bough had lowered its own living cord, to take ...
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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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