Great Sea Stories: Second SeriesJoseph Lewis French Brentano's, 1925 - 348 sider |
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Side 85
... first August fog which was coming up , and in a few minutes the mist became everywhere equally thick and impenetrable ; and about the Marie there was nothing to be seen but a pale white dampness FISHERS OF THE DEEP 85.
... first August fog which was coming up , and in a few minutes the mist became everywhere equally thick and impenetrable ; and about the Marie there was nothing to be seen but a pale white dampness FISHERS OF THE DEEP 85.
Side 92
... report to the bridge the battleship he had sighted " fifty yards to the port beam , " and he was wondering whether there would be a " strafe " coming from the skipper about it . " Fact is , sir , " he said , 92 GREAT SEA STORIES.
... report to the bridge the battleship he had sighted " fifty yards to the port beam , " and he was wondering whether there would be a " strafe " coming from the skipper about it . " Fact is , sir , " he said , 92 GREAT SEA STORIES.
Side 124
... coming through and through both sides of the polacre . We immediately hauled off for the opposite bank of the river , but took the ground on a bank , where the current , setting strong down , jammed us hard and fast . We were about two ...
... coming through and through both sides of the polacre . We immediately hauled off for the opposite bank of the river , but took the ground on a bank , where the current , setting strong down , jammed us hard and fast . We were about two ...
Side 167
... coming together over our mastheads and compacting there lumpishly amid the stag- nant air with the livid thickenings dimming into dusky browns ; and here and there a sallow lump of gloom of the kind of yellowish tinge to make one think ...
... coming together over our mastheads and compacting there lumpishly amid the stag- nant air with the livid thickenings dimming into dusky browns ; and here and there a sallow lump of gloom of the kind of yellowish tinge to make one think ...
Side 173
... coming at last ! " I made a spring to the companion steps and hauled myself up through the hatch . It was a sight I would not have missed witnessing for much . The moon at that instant had swept into a clear space of indigo black heaven ...
... coming at last ! " I made a spring to the companion steps and hauled myself up through the hatch . It was a sight I would not have missed witnessing for much . The moon at that instant had swept into a clear space of indigo black heaven ...
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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