Great Sea Stories: Second SeriesJoseph Lewis French Brentano's, 1925 - 348 sider |
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Side 122
... yards of her , when a blaze of six pieces of cannon at the fewest once more took place , and eddies of smoke again ... yard to reconnoitre from whence the shots had proceeded ; but he could give no informa- tion . The smoke rolled away ...
... yards of her , when a blaze of six pieces of cannon at the fewest once more took place , and eddies of smoke again ... yard to reconnoitre from whence the shots had proceeded ; but he could give no informa- tion . The smoke rolled away ...
Side 126
... yards towards our object , when the same un- earthly " Beware ! " swung booming along the water , re- flected in a small echo from the opposite side , as if a water - fiend had been answered by a spirit of the air . We got back to the ...
... yards towards our object , when the same un- earthly " Beware ! " swung booming along the water , re- flected in a small echo from the opposite side , as if a water - fiend had been answered by a spirit of the air . We got back to the ...
Side 131
... yards when we came upon a spare studding - sail boom to which some heavy weight had been attached , for two slings were fastened round it , showing , by the straight and wire - like appearance of the rope , how severe the strain had ...
... yards when we came upon a spare studding - sail boom to which some heavy weight had been attached , for two slings were fastened round it , showing , by the straight and wire - like appearance of the rope , how severe the strain had ...
Side 133
... yards square . Towards the river face , before we attempted to turn it , the guns had been mounted on a stage of loose planks - a most unstable foundation , from resting on running mud . The brushwood between them and the river grew ...
... yards square . Towards the river face , before we attempted to turn it , the guns had been mounted on a stage of loose planks - a most unstable foundation , from resting on running mud . The brushwood between them and the river grew ...
Side 145
... yards from us , where it bent towards the east , and full of black slimy mud , overarched entirely by the snakelike roots and branches of the mangroves , whose upper branches , as usual , supported a thick mat of green leaves , IN THE ...
... yards from us , where it bent towards the east , and full of black slimy mud , overarched entirely by the snakelike roots and branches of the mangroves , whose upper branches , as usual , supported a thick mat of green leaves , IN THE ...
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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