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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... Clear away , lads , and see the glory of the Lord this day . " " Amen ! " cried Cary ; and the ship was kept still closer to the wind . Amyas had revived at the sight of battle . He no longer felt his wounds or his great sorrow as he ...
... clear . The soldiers in the forecastle had been able to give them no assistance , open as they lay to the arrows and musketry from the Rose's lofty stern . Amyas rushed along the central gangway , shouting in Spanish , " 8 GREAT SEA ...
... clear ; one by one had dropped below to escape that fiery shower : and alone at the helm , grinding his teeth with rage , his mustachios curling up to his very eyes , stood the Spanish captain . Now was the moment for a counter stroke ...
... clear of every- thing , if the wind held . " 66 " See what the distance is , O'Brien , " said Robinson . It was measured , and proved to be thirteen miles . " Only thirteen miles ; and if we do weather , we shall do very well , for the ...
... clear , with the moonbeams at one moment sparkling brightly in the small ripples on the fil- thy puddles before the door , and one the gem - like water drops that hung from the eaves of the thatched roof , and lighting up the dark ...