Great Sea Stories: Second SeriesJoseph Lewis French Brentano's, 1925 - 348 sider |
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Side 76
... blow she regained her strength and lightness like a sea- mew , whom the wind awakes . And then she had a way of breasting the waves and bounding over them more lightly than many a younger ship designed with all mod- ern improvements in ...
... blow she regained her strength and lightness like a sea- mew , whom the wind awakes . And then she had a way of breasting the waves and bounding over them more lightly than many a younger ship designed with all mod- ern improvements in ...
Side 92
... blow off accumulated steam in rolling clouds , al- low her fluttering pulse to become normal , and resume the even tenor of her way . Melton , A. B. , whistling over and over the opening bars of the chorus of " Do You Want Us to Lose ...
... blow off accumulated steam in rolling clouds , al- low her fluttering pulse to become normal , and resume the even tenor of her way . Melton , A. B. , whistling over and over the opening bars of the chorus of " Do You Want Us to Lose ...
Side 99
... blow up every minnit , but she was still spittin ' wi ' that littl ' after gun when the sudden flashin ' up of the fightin ' lights for'ard turned my attenshun nearer home . " I could just make out a line of what looked like ' stroyers ...
... blow up every minnit , but she was still spittin ' wi ' that littl ' after gun when the sudden flashin ' up of the fightin ' lights for'ard turned my attenshun nearer home . " I could just make out a line of what looked like ' stroyers ...
Side 102
... blow . But it was the stem o ' the Firebran ' that was turned in sharpest , an ' it was her that was hittin ' up - by a good ten knots -the most speed . She was left in a terribl ' mess , but most o ' the damage was from her rammin ...
... blow . But it was the stem o ' the Firebran ' that was turned in sharpest , an ' it was her that was hittin ' up - by a good ten knots -the most speed . She was left in a terribl ' mess , but most o ' the damage was from her rammin ...
Side 104
... blow up , she was sure to burn up ; an ' that if , by chance , she missed doin ' one o ' them , she was goin ' to founder anyhow . She was already well down by the head , an ' - leastways , it looked so to me at the time - still settlin ...
... blow up , she was sure to burn up ; an ' that if , by chance , she missed doin ' one o ' them , she was goin ' to founder anyhow . She was already well down by the head , an ' - leastways , it looked so to me at the time - still settlin ...
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Alan answered appeared bark barque blood blow boat body cabin Cape Horn Captain Crimp cockswain Colonel Hope-Kennedy creature crew cried dark dead deck devil-fish door Duke of Parma English exclaimed eyes face feet fell felucca Finn fire flogged Flying Dutchman fo'c'sl forebridge forecastle frigate gale guns hand head heard Killarney Lady Monson land Lanyard lieutenant light look Lord Admirall mangroves marines master-at-arms masts mate midshipman Miss Laura monster mouth never night oars overboard Paimpol passed phantom ship pistol port pulled punishment rigging round round shot sail sailors says schooner sea-serpent seemed seen serpent ship's shore shot shouted side sight Spaniards Spanish Fleete spectral ship spectre-ship stood struck thought told took turned unto vessel voice whale Wilfrid wind wounded wreck yacht yards