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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... blood the disgrace of her late foil . " Never mind , my merry masters , " said Amyas , " she has quantity and we quality . " " That's true , " said one , " for one honest man is worth two rogues . " " And one culverin three of their ...
... ! it was not for nothing that we found poor Michael ! He was always a good comrade . And now , then , my masters , shall we inshore again and burn La Guayra ? " " Art thou never glutted with Spanish blood , thou 18 GREAT SEA STORIES.
Joseph Lewis French. " Art thou never glutted with Spanish blood , thou old wolf ? " asked Will Cary . " Never , sir , " answered Yeo . " To St. Jago be it , " said Amyas , " if we can get there : but - God help us ! " And he looked ...
... blood rose . " Yes , sirrah ! Do you fancy that I have nothing to lose ? I who have adventured in this voyage all I am worth , and more ; who , if I fail , must return to beggary and scorn ? And if I have ventured rashly , sinfully , if ...
... blood was spouting from beneath his nails . " We have been surprised by a privateer schooner , sir ; the lieutenant of her , and several men , are now in the cabin . " " Where are the rest of the crew ? " " All secured in the forecastle ...