Great Sea Stories: Second SeriesJoseph Lewis French Brentano's, 1925 - 348 sider |
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Side 36
... head , to be sure ; but so has many an honest fellow in these days , and I daresay none the worse of it . " " So ? " said the gentleman in the fine coat : " are ye of the honest party ? " ( meaning , Was he a Jacobite ? for each side ...
... head , to be sure ; but so has many an honest fellow in these days , and I daresay none the worse of it . " " So ? " said the gentleman in the fine coat : " are ye of the honest party ? " ( meaning , Was he a Jacobite ? for each side ...
Side 43
... head and saying he had never in all his life seen poorer weapons ; and next he set me down to the table with a powder - horn , a bag of bullets , and all the pistols , which he bade me charge . " And that will be better work , let me ...
... head and saying he had never in all his life seen poorer weapons ; and next he set me down to the table with a powder - horn , a bag of bullets , and all the pistols , which he bade me charge . " And that will be better work , let me ...
Side 45
... heads off mair Whiga- mores than you have toes upon your feet . Call up your vermin to your back , sir , and fall on ... head , for the grip is coming . " Alan drew a dirk , which he held in his left hand in case they should run in under ...
... heads off mair Whiga- mores than you have toes upon your feet . Call up your vermin to your back , sir , and fall on ... head , for the grip is coming . " Alan drew a dirk , which he held in his left hand in case they should run in under ...
Side 46
... head was scarce back at the window before five men , carrying a spare yard for a battering - ram , ran past me and took post to drive the door in . I had never fired with a pistol in my life , and not often with a gun ; far less against ...
... head was scarce back at the window before five men , carrying a spare yard for a battering - ram , ran past me and took post to drive the door in . I had never fired with a pistol in my life , and not often with a gun ; far less against ...
Side 49
... head ; and at that I snatched another pistol and shot this one through the thigh , so that he slipped through and tumbled in a lump on his companion's body . There was no talk of missing , any more than there was time to aim ; I clapped ...
... head ; and at that I snatched another pistol and shot this one through the thigh , so that he slipped through and tumbled in a lump on his companion's body . There was no talk of missing , any more than there was time to aim ; I clapped ...
Almindelige termer og sætninger
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