Great Sea Stories: Second SeriesJoseph Lewis French Brentano's, 1925 - 348 sider |
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Side 126
... pulled round and returned to us . 1 We could hear the frigate in the offing through the livelong night , firing signal - guns every ten minutes , which we durst not answer , without the certainty of being speedily blown to pieces by our ...
... pulled round and returned to us . 1 We could hear the frigate in the offing through the livelong night , firing signal - guns every ten minutes , which we durst not answer , without the certainty of being speedily blown to pieces by our ...
Side 131
... pulled on , and presently the mangroves set- tled down right across the narrow creek , twisting their snakelike branches together into an impervious net . Ahead , our course was thus most effectually stopped by this ligneous portcullis ...
... pulled on , and presently the mangroves set- tled down right across the narrow creek , twisting their snakelike branches together into an impervious net . Ahead , our course was thus most effectually stopped by this ligneous portcullis ...
Side 143
... pulled the trigger . Almighty powers ! it flashed in the pan ! With my remaining strength I endeavoured to thrust it down his throat , as he coughed up blood and froth into my face ; he shook his head , clutched the weapon in his teeth ...
... pulled the trigger . Almighty powers ! it flashed in the pan ! With my remaining strength I endeavoured to thrust it down his throat , as he coughed up blood and froth into my face ; he shook his head , clutched the weapon in his teeth ...
Side 152
... the muscle of his uplifted arm , and down he tumbled , roaring like the very devil . I had started up the instant I pulled the trigger . The door of the long building at that very instant of time 152 GREAT SEA STORIES.
... the muscle of his uplifted arm , and down he tumbled , roaring like the very devil . I had started up the instant I pulled the trigger . The door of the long building at that very instant of time 152 GREAT SEA STORIES.
Side 165
... pulling , until at five in the afternoon we were once more on board of the felucca . On mustering we found our loss had been exceedingly severe ; no fewer than seven missing , five of whom , I knew , had been killed outright , and ...
... pulling , until at five in the afternoon we were once more on board of the felucca . On mustering we found our loss had been exceedingly severe ; no fewer than seven missing , five of whom , I knew , had been killed outright , and ...
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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