Chronicles of the sea: or, Faithful narratives of shipwrecks, fires, famines, and disasters incidental to a life of maritime enterprise |
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... guns fired , and endeavours made , under three top - sails and fore - sail , to bear down upon the stranger , which proved to be the Cambria , a small brig of two hundred tons burthen , commanded by Captain Cook , and bound to Vera Cruz ...
... guns fired , and endeavours made , under three top - sails and fore - sail , to bear down upon the stranger , which proved to be the Cambria , a small brig of two hundred tons burthen , commanded by Captain Cook , and bound to Vera Cruz ...
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... guns , sent two armed boats on shore after their companions . The natives came down , but indicated a different disposition from that which they displayed on their first interview , and gave the people in the boats to understand that ...
... guns , sent two armed boats on shore after their companions . The natives came down , but indicated a different disposition from that which they displayed on their first interview , and gave the people in the boats to understand that ...
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... guns , and commanded by Captain Inglefield , sailed from Jamaica on September 10th , 1782 , after the decisive engagement in the West Indies , on the glorious 12th April , when the French fleet under Count de Grasse was defeated by ...
... guns , and commanded by Captain Inglefield , sailed from Jamaica on September 10th , 1782 , after the decisive engagement in the West Indies , on the glorious 12th April , when the French fleet under Count de Grasse was defeated by ...
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... guns immediately broke ing the night was passed in constant labour at the loose upon the main - deck , and it was some time before pumps , and when the wind lulled , the water diminished ; they were able to secure them , several men ...
... guns immediately broke ing the night was passed in constant labour at the loose upon the main - deck , and it was some time before pumps , and when the wind lulled , the water diminished ; they were able to secure them , several men ...
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... guns , commanded by Captain John Clarke Searle , which was wrecked on the coast of France , December 24 , 1799 . THE following narrative of the loss of the Ethalion is taken from Captain Clarke's own account of the melan- choly disaster ...
... guns , commanded by Captain John Clarke Searle , which was wrecked on the coast of France , December 24 , 1799 . THE following narrative of the loss of the Ethalion is taken from Captain Clarke's own account of the melan- choly disaster ...
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a-head afterwards anchor appeared arms arrived assistance Batavia became began boat boatswain bowsprit breeze brig broke cabin canoe Cape François Captain Captain Bligh carried chief mate coast commanded companions course crew cutter danger death deck discovered distress dreadful endeavoured escape exertions fear feet fell fire fore foresail fortunately four frigate gale guns gunwale hands harbour heavy hoisted hope hour immediately Indians island Jamaica land larboard Lieutenant lost majesty's ship Malays mast mate midshipman miles morning natives night o'clock obliged officers overboard passed passengers perished pieces pinnace pirates Porpoise port proa provisions raft reached reef remained returned rigging rock rope round sail sailors saved schooner seamen sent ship ship's shore side sight situation sloop soon steered storm struck suffered tion took vessel violence voyage waves weather William Torr wind Woodard wreck yawl
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Side 112 - Speak, Father!" once again he cried, " If I may yet be gone !" — And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on.
Side 112 - And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair, And looked from that lone post of death In still yet brave despair; And shouted but once more aloud,
Side 40 - And down she suck'd with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples with his enemy, And strives to strangle him before he die.
Side 128 - The sails are scattered abroad like weeds ; The strong masts shake, like quivering reeds ; The mighty cables and iron chains, The hull, which all earthly strength disdains, They strain, and they crack ; and hearts like stone Their natural, hard, proud strength disown. Up and down ! up and down ! From the base of the wave to the billow's crown...
Side 120 - As the crashing wreck was sinking beneath us, I had a glimpse of two or three half-naked wretches rushing from her cabin; they just started from their beds to be swallowed shrieking by the waves. I heard their drowning cry mingling with the wind.
Side 25 - Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell — Then shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave...
Side 112 - And shouted but once more aloud, 'My father! must I stay?' While o'er him fast, through sail and shroud, The wreathing fires made way. They...
Side 88 - THE SEA THE Sea! the Sea! the open Sea! The blue, the fresh, the ever free ! Without a mark, without a bound, It runneth the earth's wide regions 'round; It plays with the clouds; it mocks the skies; Or like a cradled creature lies.
Side 120 - Looked pure as the Spirit that made it : The murmur rose soft as I silently gazed On the shadowy waves...
Side 120 - The wind was blowing a smacking breeze, and we were going at a great rate through the water. Suddenly the watch gave the alarm of 'a sail ahead!