The History of the Lives and Action of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Street-robbers, &c. &c: To which is Added a Genuine Account of the Voyages and Plunders of the Noted PiratesLongman, 1813 - 531 страници |
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... horse first attacked them , but Morgan formed his men into a semicircle , and so valiantly and dexterously assailed the Spainards , that they fled towards the woods for safety , but before they could reach the woods , the greater part ...
... horse first attacked them , but Morgan formed his men into a semicircle , and so valiantly and dexterously assailed the Spainards , that they fled towards the woods for safety , but before they could reach the woods , the greater part ...
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... horse , but routing them , the foot soon followed their ex . ample , and victory declared upon the side of the pirates . The greater part were either slain or taken prisoners . A Spanish Captain was also taken prisoner , who informed ...
... horse , but routing them , the foot soon followed their ex . ample , and victory declared upon the side of the pirates . The greater part were either slain or taken prisoners . A Spanish Captain was also taken prisoner , who informed ...
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... horse to the stable , and invited him to partake of an elegant sup- per she had prepared for her husband , who seemed to have been detained longer than she expected . Stafford wondered at his good fortune , and resolved to make the best ...
... horse to the stable , and invited him to partake of an elegant sup- per she had prepared for her husband , who seemed to have been detained longer than she expected . Stafford wondered at his good fortune , and resolved to make the best ...
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... horse being swifter than theirs . Sir Thomas replied , " That would have been very hard indeed , but nevertheless , as you would have been robbed between sun and sun , the county would have been obliged to re- fund your loss . " In this ...
... horse being swifter than theirs . Sir Thomas replied , " That would have been very hard indeed , but nevertheless , as you would have been robbed between sun and sun , the county would have been obliged to re- fund your loss . " In this ...
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... horse back To prevent the possibility of escape , they would lay an ambush in every direction , that if they escaped those who first attacked , they might be assailed with renewed fury by another party , and inevitably murdered . By ...
... horse back To prevent the possibility of escape , they would lay an ambush in every direction , that if they escaped those who first attacked , they might be assailed with renewed fury by another party , and inevitably murdered . By ...
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accordingly acquainted adventure apprehended arrived attacked Barrington became black flag Blackbeard Bon Homme Richard booty brigantine Captain Captain Morgan carried Charles Vane coach coast commanded committed companions condemned crew crimes death deliver depredations detected Dick discovered dressed England escape executed father favour fire former fortune gave gentleman give gold governor guineas guns hand highwayman honour horse hundred pounds husband informed instantly island Jack Jamaica Johnny Gibson lady landlord leave live London Madagascar manner Mary Read master murder Newgate night Old Bailey Old Mob person pirates pistol plundered pocket poor Portuguese prisoners prize purse quoth received replied requested resolved returned road robbed robbery Robin rode rogue Rumbold sailed saying seized sent sentence servant shew shillings ship shore sloop soon stand and deliver taken thing took town Tyburn vessel watch wife Witherington woman young
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Страница 58 - tis no matter; Honor pricks me on. Yea, but how if Honor prick me off when I come on ? how then ? Can Honor set to a leg ? No. Or an arm ? No. Or take away the grief of a wound ? No. Honor hath no skill in surgery then ? No. What is Honor ? A word. What is in that word, Honor ? What is that Honor ? Air. A trim reckoning ! Who hath it ? He that died o
Страница 58 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it? No.- Doth he hear it? No. Is it insensible then? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living? No. Why? Detraction will not suffer it: — therefore I'll none of it: Honour is a mere scutcheon, and so ends my catechism.
Страница 113 - Fight the good fight of faith, and lay hold of eternal life...
Страница 131 - Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand; 7 to execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; ' to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; 'to execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints.
Страница 103 - I dwell with him that is of a contrite spirit to revive it " ; it ends with, " Narrow is the way which leads to life, and few there be who find it.
Страница 205 - Vane made all the protestations of honour in the world to him, but, it seems Captain Holford was too intimately acquainted with him, to repose any confidence at all in his words or oaths. He told him, he might easily find a way to get off if he had a mind to it. 'I am now going down the Bay...
Страница 182 - Blackbeard seeing few or no hands aboard, told his men, that they were all knocked on the head, except three or four; and therefore, says he, Let's jump on board, and cut them to pieces. Whereupon, under the smoke of one of the bottles just mentioned, Blackbeard enters with fourteen men, over the bows of Maynard's sloop, and were not seen by him...