Great Sea StoriesJoseph Lewis French Brentano's, 1921 - 332 sider ...It is one of the curiosities of literature, a fact that old Isaac Disraeli might have delighted to linger over, that there have been no collectors of sea-tales; that no man has ever, as in the present instance, dwelt upon the topic with the purpose of gathering some of the best work into a single volume. And yet men have written of the sea since 2500 B.C. when an unknown author set down on papyrus his account of a struggle with a sea-serpent. This account, now in the British Museum, is the first sea-story on record. Our modern sea-stories begin properly with the chronicles of the early navigators-in many of which there is an unconscious art that none of our modern masters of fiction has greatly surpassed. For delightful reading the lover of sea stories is referred to Best's account of Frobisher's second voyage-to Richard Chancellor's chronicle of the same period-to Hakluyt, an immortal classic-and to Purchas' "Pilgrimage."... |
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... Ginnell , owner and captain of the Heart of Ireland , shanghaied and reduced to deck hand , was forward on the look - out , and one of the coolie crew was at the wheel . " I'm not given to meeting trouble half - way , " said Blood ...
... Ginnell , and I've got friends , so have you . Well , what are you bothering about ? " " 6 " Oh , I'm not bothering about the law , " said Blood , only about him . I'm going to keep my eye open and not be put asleep by his quiet ways ...
... Ginnell turned up , and the luminous idea of inducing Ginnell to shanghai Blood so that Blood might with his , Harman's , assistance shanghai Ginnell and use the Heart of Ireland for the picking of the Yan - Shan's pocket , entered his ...
... Ginnell swabbing decks . The fight , that had made Blood master of the Heart of Ireland and Ginnell's revolver , had occurred in the cabin and out of sight of 266 GREAT SEA STORIES.
... Ginnell's place as lookout , called the latter down into the cabin . " We want to have a word with you , " said Blood , whilst Harman took his seat on a bunk edge opposite him . " It's time you knew our minds and what we intend do- ing ...