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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... knew that there was no time for discussion , to make any remark : and the event proved that the captain was right . At last the ship was head to wind , and the captain gave the signal . The yards flew round with such a creaking noise ...
... knew what they had to expect , were assembled in knots , looking very grave , but at the same time not wanting in confidence . They knew that they could trust to the captain , as far as skill or courage could avail them ; and sailors ...
... knew whereabouts I was , and that my Cork friends were the quarry at which we aimed . I did as I was ordered , and we immediately pulled on shore , where , leaving two strong fellows in charge of the boat , with in- structions to fire ...
... knew there was much splendour and great comfort . But , alas . the hand of lawless violence had been there . The cap- tain lay across the table , with his head hanging over the side of it next to us , and unable to help himself , with ...
... knew shut out every hope of mercy . The two others were white Frenchmen , tall , bushy - whiskered , sallow des- peradoes , but still , wonderful to relate , with , if I may so speak , the manners of gentlemen . One of them squinted ...