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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... shots of the Rose, with the golden flag of Spain floating at her poop; and her trumpets are shouting defiance up the breeze, from a dozen brazen throats, which two or three answer lustily from the Rose, from whose poop flies the flag of ...
... shots of the Rose, with the golden flag of Spain floating at her poop; and her trumpets are shouting defiance up the breeze, from a dozen brazen throats, which two or three answer lustily from the Rose, from whose poop flies the flag of ...
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... shot went wide. Then another and another, while the men fidgeted about, looking at the priming of their muskets, and loosened their arrows in the sheaf. "Lie down, men, and sing a psalm. When I want you I'll call you. Closer still, if ...
... shot went wide. Then another and another, while the men fidgeted about, looking at the priming of their muskets, and loosened their arrows in the sheaf. "Lie down, men, and sing a psalm. When I want you I'll call you. Closer still, if ...
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... shot merrily, and long ere the armada could get herself to rights again, were two good miles to windward, with the galleys sweeping down fast upon them. And two venomous-looking craft they were, as they shot through the short chopping ...
... shot merrily, and long ere the armada could get herself to rights again, were two good miles to windward, with the galleys sweeping down fast upon them. And two venomous-looking craft they were, as they shot through the short chopping ...
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... shot, and opened fire from their bow- guns; but, owing to the chopping sea, their aim was wild. Amyas, as usual, withheld his fire. The men stood at quarters with compressed lips, not knowing what was to come next. Amyas, towering ...
... shot, and opened fire from their bow- guns; but, owing to the chopping sea, their aim was wild. Amyas, as usual, withheld his fire. The men stood at quarters with compressed lips, not knowing what was to come next. Amyas, towering ...
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... shot, answered by a yell which rent their ears and hearts. "Spare the slaves! Fire at the soldiers!" cried Amyas; but the work was too hot for much discrimination; for the larboard galley, crippled but not undaunted, swung round across ...
... shot, answered by a yell which rent their ears and hearts. "Spare the slaves! Fire at the soldiers!" cried Amyas; but the work was too hot for much discrimination; for the larboard galley, crippled but not undaunted, swung round across ...
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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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