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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... weather the other point now , on this tack , and that's what the captain meant when he told us we had more difficulty . I could have taken my Bible oath that we were clear of every- thing , if the wind held . " 66 " See what the ...
... weather was , and if the wind at all favored us . On deck the superior officers were in conversation with the captain , who expressed the same fear that O'Brien had in our berth . The men , who knew what they had to expect , were ...
... weather - quarter . In a minute or two , he desired Mr. Falcon to get new sails up and bend them , and then went below to his cabin . I am sure it was to thank God for our deliverance : I did most fervently , not only then , but when I ...
... weather hazy- Lady Passengers on deck for the first time . Arrived in the Downs - ordered by signal from the guardship to proceed to Portsmouth . Arrived at Spit- head - ordered to fit to receive a general officer , and six pieces of ...
... weather - beaten men , and the greater proportion half , or more than half , drunk . When I entered , I walked up to the landlord . " Yo ho , my young un ! whence and whither bound , my hearty ? " " The first don't signify much to you ...