The Log Book; Or, Nautical Miscellany..J. Robins & Sons, No. 57 & 58, Tooley Street, Southwark., 1826 - 498 sider |
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Side 5
... Never was ship so cruelly mauled our shot went in on the larboard quarter and out at the starboard bow , leaving ... never ax'd ; and not like half your capering skippers what expect unpossibilities . It went against his grain to seize a ...
... Never was ship so cruelly mauled our shot went in on the larboard quarter and out at the starboard bow , leaving ... never ax'd ; and not like half your capering skippers what expect unpossibilities . It went against his grain to seize a ...
Side 6
... never straining as much as a rope - yarn aloft , and as tight as a bottle below . " Well , howsomever we weathers out like a ' Mudian : though we lost to be sure the corporal of marines overboard as he was consulting his ease in the lee ...
... never straining as much as a rope - yarn aloft , and as tight as a bottle below . " Well , howsomever we weathers out like a ' Mudian : though we lost to be sure the corporal of marines overboard as he was consulting his ease in the lee ...
Side 24
... never afterwards ventured to show themselves , but left Lord Cochrane undisputed master of the coast . The skill and gallantry displayed by Lord Cochrane , both in planning and conducting this astonishing en- terprize , are so ...
... never afterwards ventured to show themselves , but left Lord Cochrane undisputed master of the coast . The skill and gallantry displayed by Lord Cochrane , both in planning and conducting this astonishing en- terprize , are so ...
Side 25
... never seen , except in the ori- ginal Spanish . Translation of Admiral Lord Coch- rane's Despatch to General San Martin , Commander - in - Chief of the Liberating Army of Peru . " On board the Chilian States ' Ship O'Higgins , before ...
... never seen , except in the ori- ginal Spanish . Translation of Admiral Lord Coch- rane's Despatch to General San Martin , Commander - in - Chief of the Liberating Army of Peru . " On board the Chilian States ' Ship O'Higgins , before ...
Side 41
... never would have a prosperous voyage while she remained on board : and , finally , that as they were just debating about it , she sprang overboard , and went down in a flame ; when the birds ( ever after called Mother Carey's Chickens ) ...
... never would have a prosperous voyage while she remained on board : and , finally , that as they were just debating about it , she sprang overboard , and went down in a flame ; when the birds ( ever after called Mother Carey's Chickens ) ...
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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.