The Log Book; Or, Nautical Miscellany..J. Robins & Sons, No. 57 & 58, Tooley Street, Southwark., 1826 - 498 sider |
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... face , pray , sir , ' says he , ' how do you like to be you sir'd yourself ? ' " 6 ey - a . C " Well , the leeftennant shams deafness , you know ; but I'm blow'd but he heard every word o'nt - for , never a dolphin a dying turned more ...
... face , pray , sir , ' says he , ' how do you like to be you sir'd yourself ? ' " 6 ey - a . C " Well , the leeftennant shams deafness , you know ; but I'm blow'd but he heard every word o'nt - for , never a dolphin a dying turned more ...
Side 8
... face , I thought , to be sure , that I must have killed him . I kept on at full speed ; and as my legs and my lungs were both rather better than they are now , I soon joined Charley Russel , whom I found waiting for me at our rendezvous ...
... face , I thought , to be sure , that I must have killed him . I kept on at full speed ; and as my legs and my lungs were both rather better than they are now , I soon joined Charley Russel , whom I found waiting for me at our rendezvous ...
Side 24
... face of the castle . The Hy- perion , an English , and the Mace- donian , an American frigate , which were at anchor close to the scene of action , got under weigh when the attack commenced ; and in or- der to prevent their being ...
... face of the castle . The Hy- perion , an English , and the Mace- donian , an American frigate , which were at anchor close to the scene of action , got under weigh when the attack commenced ; and in or- der to prevent their being ...
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... face and breast . Upon which his ma- jesty , out of the princely regard to the great deservings of the said earl , and his unexampled performances in this act of his life , hath resolved to have his body brought up to London , there ...
... face and breast . Upon which his ma- jesty , out of the princely regard to the great deservings of the said earl , and his unexampled performances in this act of his life , hath resolved to have his body brought up to London , there ...
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... face pale , and his emaciated body worn down with fatigue and sick- ness , his spirit seem'd ready to quit its frail mansion , and was only kept to earth by union with his wife . Nancy forgot all , and clasp'd him in her arms ; but the ...
... face pale , and his emaciated body worn down with fatigue and sick- ness , his spirit seem'd ready to quit its frail mansion , and was only kept to earth by union with his wife . Nancy forgot all , and clasp'd him in her arms ; but the ...
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Side 202 - THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but him had fled; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm — A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though childlike form.
Side 480 - As eager to anticipate their grave; And the sea yawn'd around her like a hell, 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 418 - They cannot see the sun on high: The wind hath blown a gale all day; At evening it hath died away. On the deck the Rover takes his stand; So dark it is, they see no land. Quoth Sir Ralph, "It will be lighter soon, For there is the dawn of the rising moon.
Side 202 - 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 41 - He was the first that infused that proportion of courage into the seamen, by making them see by experience, what mighty things they could do, if they were resolved ; and taught them to fight in fire as well as upon water : and though he hath been very well imitated and followed, he was the first that gave the example of that kind of naval courage %, and bold and resolute achievements.
Side 418 - NO STIR in the air, no stir in the sea: The ship was still as she could be; Her sails from heaven received no motion; Her keel was steady in the ocean. Without either sign or sound of their shock, The waves flowed over the Inchcape Rock; So little they rose, so little they fell, They did not move the Inchcape Bell.
Side 202 - With mast, and helm, and pennon fair, That well had borne their part — But the noblest thing which perished there Was that young faithful heart...
Side 418 - Down sunk the Bell with a gurgling sound, The bubbles rose and burst around: Quoth Sir Ralph, 'The next who comes to the Rock Won't bless the Abbot of Aberbrothok.
Side 322 - ... when, in other climes, we meet Some isle or vale enchanting, Where all looks flowery, wild and sweet, And nought but love is wanting ; We think...
Side 15 - O, it is monstrous! monstrous! Methought, the billows spoke, and told me of it; The winds did sing it to me; and the thunder, That deep and dreadful organ-pipe, pronounc'd The name of Prosper; it did bass my trespass. Therefore my son i" the ooze is bedded ; and I'll seek him deeper than e'er plummet sounded, And with him there lie mudded.