Tough yarns, by the Old Sailor1835 - 80 Seiten |
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... fell aboard the French Redhotable and the Golision , as they calls it , gives each of ' em a lust different ways that looked so natural - like , that I felt myself getting a heel to port in the ould Vic- tory as I looked at her . Then ...
... fell aboard the French Redhotable and the Golision , as they calls it , gives each of ' em a lust different ways that looked so natural - like , that I felt myself getting a heel to port in the ould Vic- tory as I looked at her . Then ...
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... fell aboard a French seventy - four . 66 6 Well , there , d'ye see , we lay , rubbing together with the muzzles of the lower deckers touching one another . When our guns were run in for loading , the ports were instantly occupied by the ...
... fell aboard a French seventy - four . 66 6 Well , there , d'ye see , we lay , rubbing together with the muzzles of the lower deckers touching one another . When our guns were run in for loading , the ports were instantly occupied by the ...
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... fell in the hour of victory ; but the lady , ah ! her end was terrible . The murdered prince was ever present to her mind ; and as she lay upon her death - bed , like a stranded wreck that would never more spread canvas to the breeze ...
... fell in the hour of victory ; but the lady , ah ! her end was terrible . The murdered prince was ever present to her mind ; and as she lay upon her death - bed , like a stranded wreck that would never more spread canvas to the breeze ...
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... fell on to the quarter - deck . They were both young , active men , and were much beloved by the ship's company ; they had gone aloft full of spirit and vigour , desirous to obey orders ; the last beams of the sun , as it just touched ...
... fell on to the quarter - deck . They were both young , active men , and were much beloved by the ship's company ; they had gone aloft full of spirit and vigour , desirous to obey orders ; the last beams of the sun , as it just touched ...
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... fell backward between his shoulder blades , for it was nearly severed from the body . The captain gazed at the corpse for a moment , then raising his pistols , he snapped the triggers at Farmer , who laughed , - no , it warn't a laugh ...
... fell backward between his shoulder blades , for it was nearly severed from the body . The captain gazed at the corpse for a moment , then raising his pistols , he snapped the triggers at Farmer , who laughed , - no , it warn't a laugh ...
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Adele afterwards Agnes arms Arrah beautiful Bill Jennings blood boats boatswain's mate body bowsprit brave breast British ensign captain command countenance coxswain crew d'ye dare dark death deck duty enemy exclaimed eyes Farmer father feelings fell fellow fire fore French frigate gale gangway gave gazed GEORGE CRUIKSHANK grandfather Greenwich Hospital grog guerilla guns hand head heard heart honor hour Howsomever ingulph instantly lieutenant light looked massa master-at-arms mayhap messmates Michael Malone midshipman mind mother Nelson never nigger night officer once ould passed poor poor Tom quarter-deck red flag remember replied River Plate round sail sailor says schooner seamen seemed ship shipmate shore shout shriek sight signal-man Sir Edward Sir Sidney sodgers soon soul Spaniards spirit spot stood storm sweet tell tion Tom Brookes turned vessel veteran voice warn't watch waves whilst wild wretch
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Seite 164 - Glendower.—I can call spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur.—Why, so can I; or so can any man : But will they come when you do call for them ?
Seite 147 - I am not much versed, corporal, said my Uncle Toby, in things of that kind; but I suppose God would not leave him without one, any more than thee or me.
Seite 230 - when they saw the waters of destruction approaching. No human voice could warn them of their danger, no hand could be outstretched to save. There seemed to be a momentary stillness in the storm, and a shuddering instinct crept through every spirit,—a horrible dread of they knew not what. Still onward rolled the
Seite 219 - down by me, love; come, sit thee down by me, And I will tell thee many a tale of the dangers of the sea,— Of the perils of the deep, love, when the stormy tempests roar, And the raging billows wildly dash upon the groaning shore. The skies are flaming red,
Seite 222 - nevertheless, I thought of the " red flag at the fore," and as the boat lightly skimmed the surface of the dark blue waters, a feeling of honest pride swelled in my little breast;—henceforth I was to be devoted to my king and country. The
Seite 239 - and was ordered to take charge of them to Ostend. There were about two thousand officers and men, most of them wounded and without a single application or dressing to the mangled parts ; yet their devotion to Napoleon was unabated, and with their stiffened limbs sore with laceration, and their bodies gashed and scored with
Seite 231 - crash, the yell, and the agonized contortions of that drowning man, are present to my mind in all their horrors. The wreck was cleared, the storm abated ; a jurymast was erected, and once more the stately frigate held her way upon the
Seite 198 - he spoke, A sea burst o'er them, and their cables broke ! Then, like a lion bounding from the toil, The ship shot through the billows' black recoil; Urged by the howling blast—all guidance gone— They shuddering felt her reeling, rushing on—
Seite 240 - The battle of Waterloo ended the war ; Buonaparte was despatched to St. Helena, and all prospects of promotion are over. My noble patron has accomplished the number of his days, and no " red flag at the fore'' will ever fall to my lot, unless indeed I include a certain
Seite 225 - quartermaster came down and inquired if Mr. Moriarty was below. A fine handsome young man, about two and twenty, immediately answered in the affirmative. " Here's a letter for you, sir," said the quartermaster, " with the Admiralty seal on the back, and a direction full of sheep-shanks and long splices