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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... moment at the prospect of fighting three ships at once, it was awed into silence by the cheer which rose from all the older men, and by Salvation Yeo's stentorian voice. "If there were a dozen, the Lord is with us, who has said, 'One of ...
... moment at the prospect of fighting three ships at once, it was awed into silence by the cheer which rose from all the older men, and by Salvation Yeo's stentorian voice. "If there were a dozen, the Lord is with us, who has said, 'One of ...
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... moment, and then tried to get about also, as his only chance; but it was too late, and while his lumbering length was still hanging in the wind's eye, Amyas's bowsprit had all but scraped his quarter, and the Rose passed slowly across ...
... moment, and then tried to get about also, as his only chance; but it was too late, and while his lumbering length was still hanging in the wind's eye, Amyas's bowsprit had all but scraped his quarter, and the Rose passed slowly across ...
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... moment flaunted above their heads, hung trailing in the water. The ship, her tiller shot away, and her helmsman killed, staggered helplessly a moment, and then fell up into the wind. "Well done, men of Devon!" shouted Amyas, as cheers ...
... moment flaunted above their heads, hung trailing in the water. The ship, her tiller shot away, and her helmsman killed, staggered helplessly a moment, and then fell up into the wind. "Well done, men of Devon!" shouted Amyas, as cheers ...
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... moment their lives were one long tragedy; how they were all imprisoned for a year and a half, racked again and again, and at last adjudged to receive publicly, on Good Friday, 1575, some three hundred, some one hundred stripes, and to ...
... moment their lives were one long tragedy; how they were all imprisoned for a year and a half, racked again and again, and at last adjudged to receive publicly, on Good Friday, 1575, some three hundred, some one hundred stripes, and to ...
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... 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 Spaniard's mizzen rigging. What was this? The distance between him and the enemy's.
... 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 Spaniard's mizzen rigging. What was this? The distance between him and the enemy's.
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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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