Tough yarns, by the Old Sailor1835 - 80 páginas |
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... death reached our quarters , He's gone ! ' said Sam , ' his anchor's a - weigh , and the blessed spirits are towing him to immortality . ' < " But who is there , your honor , that remembers Nelson now ? Even the car that carried his ...
... death reached our quarters , He's gone ! ' said Sam , ' his anchor's a - weigh , and the blessed spirits are towing him to immortality . ' < " But who is there , your honor , that remembers Nelson now ? Even the car that carried his ...
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... death in the one , and find his grave in the other . ' surely , ' said the surgeon , who came up , admiral will remember his former friendship for the prince , who once served under him . Every sympathetic feeling which is dear to a ...
... death in the one , and find his grave in the other . ' surely , ' said the surgeon , who came up , admiral will remember his former friendship for the prince , who once served under him . Every sympathetic feeling which is dear to a ...
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... death . Indeed I am not anxious to prolong my life , for at the utmost my days would be but few ; but the disgrace of hanging , -to be exposed to the gaze of my enemies , -is really dreadful to me ! ' " But every attempt to obtain a ...
... death . Indeed I am not anxious to prolong my life , for at the utmost my days would be but few ; but the disgrace of hanging , -to be exposed to the gaze of my enemies , -is really dreadful to me ! ' " But every attempt to obtain a ...
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... death- pang had left upon his features . The Neapolitans were shouting and insulting his memory ; but they were rank cowards , for the truly brave will never wreak their vengeance on a dead enemy . " Nelson and the lady conversed in ...
... death- pang had left upon his features . The Neapolitans were shouting and insulting his memory ; but they were rank cowards , for the truly brave will never wreak their vengeance on a dead enemy . " Nelson and the lady conversed in ...
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... death in the air , and had his grave in the ocean . ' " " About a fortnight after this , a pleasure party was made up by the royal family and nobility for an excursion on the water , and the barge , with Nelson and the lady , took the ...
... death in the air , and had his grave in the ocean . ' " " About a fortnight after this , a pleasure party was made up by the royal family and nobility for an excursion on the water , and the barge , with Nelson and the lady , took the ...
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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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Página 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 ?
Página 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.
Página 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
Página 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,
Página 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
Página 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
Página 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
Página 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—
Página 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
Página 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