Great Sea Stories: Second SeriesJoseph Lewis French Brentano's, 1925 - 348 sider |
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Side 111
... approaches to the very brink of some imminent danger , and then avoids it , at the most critical moment , apparently without an effort . While this necessary movement was making , Barnstable arose , and surveyed the cliffs with keen ...
... approaches to the very brink of some imminent danger , and then avoids it , at the most critical moment , apparently without an effort . While this necessary movement was making , Barnstable arose , and surveyed the cliffs with keen ...
Side 113
... approach was utterly unnoticed by the monster of the deep , who continued to amuse himself with throw- ing the water in two circular spouts high in the air , occasionally flourishing the broad flukes of his tail with a graceful but ...
... approach was utterly unnoticed by the monster of the deep , who continued to amuse himself with throw- ing the water in two circular spouts high in the air , occasionally flourishing the broad flukes of his tail with a graceful but ...
Side 119
... approach the shore , unless the latter be regularly up and down , and deep close to . In the present instance , how- ever , although it gradually shoaled , the blue water , in- stead of growing lighter and greener , and brightening in ...
... approach the shore , unless the latter be regularly up and down , and deep close to . In the present instance , how- ever , although it gradually shoaled , the blue water , in- stead of growing lighter and greener , and brightening in ...
Side 126
... approach I found it to be free of mangroves , and to consist of a black overhanging scaur that had been scarped out by the rush of the stream , reflected across from the jutting point on the side where the slavers had intrenched ...
... approach I found it to be free of mangroves , and to consist of a black overhanging scaur that had been scarped out by the rush of the stream , reflected across from the jutting point on the side where the slavers had intrenched ...
Side 141
... approach absolute darkness . Still a soft green ray , or pensil , like moonlight piercing the thick - woven foliage of a summer arbour , fell on and floated over the face and one of the naked arms , until the still features appeared to ...
... approach absolute darkness . Still a soft green ray , or pensil , like moonlight piercing the thick - woven foliage of a summer arbour , fell on and floated over the face and one of the naked arms , until the still features appeared to ...
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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