The sea: its stirring story of adventure, peril & heroism. [4 vols., publ. in 40 pt.]. |
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... immediately came to the support , and for nearly an hour the unequal contest continued , till the Blenheim passed between them and the enemy , and gave them a little respite , pouring in her fire upon the Spaniards . One of the Spanish ...
... immediately came to the support , and for nearly an hour the unequal contest continued , till the Blenheim passed between them and the enemy , and gave them a little respite , pouring in her fire upon the Spaniards . One of the Spanish ...
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... immediately afterwards , attempting to scramble out of the port - hole , the water suddenly rushed in with such force that he was washed back and drowned . Scores of poor fellows were unable to reach the upper deck , and were carried ...
... immediately afterwards , attempting to scramble out of the port - hole , the water suddenly rushed in with such force that he was washed back and drowned . Scores of poor fellows were unable to reach the upper deck , and were carried ...
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... immediately by a thundering thud , as the compressed air within buffets it back again in a torrent of seething white foam . " Neither words adequately describe the beauty of many of the icebergs seen . One had three high arched caverns ...
... immediately by a thundering thud , as the compressed air within buffets it back again in a torrent of seething white foam . " Neither words adequately describe the beauty of many of the icebergs seen . One had three high arched caverns ...
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... immediately left , and made for the penguin rookeries , where they killed and worried the birds by hundreds . One of them became mad , and the brothers thought it best to shoot the three of them . Captain Nares gave the two Crusoes a ...
... immediately left , and made for the penguin rookeries , where they killed and worried the birds by hundreds . One of them became mad , and the brothers thought it best to shoot the three of them . Captain Nares gave the two Crusoes a ...
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... he is passed to a sea - going ship . His position on leaving depends entirely on his certificate - if he obtains one of the First Class , he * In " Singleton Fontenoy , R.N. " is immediately rated midshipman ; while if he only obtains.
... he is passed to a sea - going ship . His position on leaving depends entirely on his certificate - if he obtains one of the First Class , he * In " Singleton Fontenoy , R.N. " is immediately rated midshipman ; while if he only obtains.
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Страница 116 - And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
Страница 87 - FROM THE SEA. Nobly, nobly Cape Saint Vincent to the North-West died away ; Sunset ran, one glorious blood-red, reeking into Cadiz Bay ; Bluish 'mid the burning water, full in face Trafalgar lay ; In the dimmest North-East distance dawned Gibraltar grand and gray; " Here and here did England help me : how can I help England...
Страница 171 - Now where we are I cannot tell, But I wish I could hear the Inchcape Bell.' They hear no sound, the swell is strong ; Though the wind hath fallen they drift along, Till the vessel strikes with a shivering shock, 'Oh Christ! it is the Inchcape Rock!
Страница 241 - The officers and men being in the boat, they only waited for me, of which the master-at-arms informed Christian ; who then said — " Come, Captain Bligh, your officers and men are now in the boat, and you must go with them ; ' if you attempt to make the least resistance, you will instantly be put to death...
Страница 91 - ... monster moving on the waters, defying the winds and tide, and breathing flames and smoke. She had the most terrific appearance from other vessels which were navigating the river when she was making her passage. The first...
Страница 116 - Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.
Страница 2 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed...
Страница 10 - May the great God whom I worship, grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory, and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it, and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British fleet! For myself individually, I commit my life to Him that made me, and may His blessing alight on my endeavours for serving my country faithfully!
Страница 42 - No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into jail ; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.
Страница 248 - Pacific islands; his only dress was a piece of cloth round his loins, and a straw hat ornamented with the black feathers of the domestic fowl. "With a great share of good humour...