Tough yarns, by the Old Sailor1835 - 80 Seiten |
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... watch their motions . " " And did this really take place ? " inquired I ; " was the navy made a condemned service for convicts ? " 66 ' It was , indeed , ” replied the old pensioner , " ' till it got to be a kind of Solomon's proverb ...
... watch their motions . " " And did this really take place ? " inquired I ; " was the navy made a condemned service for convicts ? " 66 ' It was , indeed , ” replied the old pensioner , " ' till it got to be a kind of Solomon's proverb ...
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... watch below was turned in , there was a secret meeting of the petty officers , and a plan was arranged for taking possession of the ship ; no one mentioned murder , but each one knew by the wolfish strug- glings of vengeance in his ...
... watch below was turned in , there was a secret meeting of the petty officers , and a plan was arranged for taking possession of the ship ; no one mentioned murder , but each one knew by the wolfish strug- glings of vengeance in his ...
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... watch afore ' em . By the main ladder the latter party faced about , and the captain , seeing the cox- swain acting as a ringleader , upbraided him for his ingratitude , for he had always been a great favorite with Captain P , and had ...
... watch afore ' em . By the main ladder the latter party faced about , and the captain , seeing the cox- swain acting as a ringleader , upbraided him for his ingratitude , for he had always been a great favorite with Captain P , and had ...
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... watch , the hands were turned up and all ordered aft on to the quarter - deck , where the captain was standing as upright as a fathom of smoke in a calm , and the master was bent down like a yard of pump - water measured from the spout ...
... watch , the hands were turned up and all ordered aft on to the quarter - deck , where the captain was standing as upright as a fathom of smoke in a calm , and the master was bent down like a yard of pump - water measured from the spout ...
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... watch - house , but nobody was taken . " " That's curious , too , " said I , " but had they no other means of escape ? " " Why , they did say , " replied the old tar , " that a fishing - boat was missing from somewhere about the mouth ...
... watch - house , but nobody was taken . " " That's curious , too , " said I , " but had they no other means of escape ? " " Why , they did say , " replied the old tar , " that a fishing - boat was missing from somewhere about the mouth ...
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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