Great Sea Stories: Second SeriesJoseph Lewis French Brentano's, 1925 - 348 sider |
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Side 42
... never occurred to him to doubt me , for a High- lander is used to see great gentle folk in great poverty ; but as he had no estate of his own , my words nettled a very childish vanity he had . " My name is Stewart , " he said , drawing ...
... never occurred to him to doubt me , for a High- lander is used to see great gentle folk in great poverty ; but as he had no estate of his own , my words nettled a very childish vanity he had . " My name is Stewart , " he said , drawing ...
Side 43
... 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 tell you , " said he ...
... 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 tell you , " said he ...
Side 46
... never fired with a pistol in my life , and not often with a gun ; far less against a fellow - creature . But it was now or never ; and just as they swung the yard , I cried out , " Take that ! " and shot into their midst . I must have ...
... never fired with a pistol in my life , and not often with a gun ; far less against a fellow - creature . But it was now or never ; and just as they swung the yard , I cried out , " Take that ! " and shot into their midst . I must have ...
Side 58
... never after get sight of him , for which we were not sorry , because the captain was mainly wroth , and would certainly have done him a mischief ; -for he afterwards caused him to be run on the ship's books , whereby he lost all his pay ...
... never after get sight of him , for which we were not sorry , because the captain was mainly wroth , and would certainly have done him a mischief ; -for he afterwards caused him to be run on the ship's books , whereby he lost all his pay ...
Side 69
... never taste flesh . After dinner , Thomson led me round the ship , showed me the different parts , described their uses , and , as far as he could , made me acquainted with the particulars of the discipline and economy practised on ...
... never taste flesh . After dinner , Thomson led me round the ship , showed me the different parts , described their uses , and , as far as he could , made me acquainted with the particulars of the discipline and economy practised on ...
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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