Tough yarns, by the Old Sailor1835 - 80 páginas |
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... gun together , without a fear of either missing fire . The real tar has a language peculiarly his own , and his ... guns and a crew of a thousand men . " Oh ! she's the fleetest of the fleet ; sits on the water like a duck ; stands ...
... gun together , without a fear of either missing fire . The real tar has a language peculiarly his own , and his ... guns and a crew of a thousand men . " Oh ! she's the fleetest of the fleet ; sits on the water like a duck ; stands ...
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... gun stood cool and undaunted , waiting for the word : but for the matter o ' that every soul , fore and aft , seemed to be actuated by one and the same spirit . ' Look there , Ben , ' said Sam Windsail , pointing out of the port - hole ...
... gun stood cool and undaunted , waiting for the word : but for the matter o ' that every soul , fore and aft , seemed to be actuated by one and the same spirit . ' Look there , Ben , ' said Sam Windsail , pointing out of the port - hole ...
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... gun - shot , and the enemy opened a tremen- dous fire upon the leading ships of our division , which played up old Scratch upon the fokstle , poop , and main - deck ; for as we bore down nearly stem on , and there was but a light breeze ...
... gun - shot , and the enemy opened a tremen- dous fire upon the leading ships of our division , which played up old Scratch upon the fokstle , poop , and main - deck ; for as we bore down nearly stem on , and there was but a light breeze ...
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... guns , determined to make every shot tell , —and a famous mark she was , too , looming out of the water like Beachy - head in a fog . Stand by , ' says Sam Windsail , looking along the sight with the match in his hand ; stand by , my ...
... guns , determined to make every shot tell , —and a famous mark she was , too , looming out of the water like Beachy - head in a fog . Stand by , ' says Sam Windsail , looking along the sight with the match in his hand ; stand by , my ...
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... gun was heard by our crew , and a simultaneous execration was uttered fore and aft . " Nelson walked the deck with unusual quick- ness ; nay , he almost ran , and every limb seemed violently agitated . He heard the half - suppressed ...
... gun was heard by our crew , and a simultaneous execration was uttered fore and aft . " Nelson walked the deck with unusual quick- ness ; nay , he almost ran , and every limb seemed violently agitated . He heard the half - suppressed ...
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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