The Life of a Sailor, Volume 2R. Bentley, 1832 |
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... faces a service like the present without some little apprehension ; and the person who avers that such feelings belong not to him , would find very little credit with any one who lived and served through the last war . Two chances arise ...
... faces a service like the present without some little apprehension ; and the person who avers that such feelings belong not to him , would find very little credit with any one who lived and served through the last war . Two chances arise ...
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... face the smoke - jacks ! Alas ! we have only the remembrance of what has been done : never again shall we be able to blockade a fleet with three frigates ; the first moderate breeze or calm day , and the whole squadron would be cap ...
... face the smoke - jacks ! Alas ! we have only the remembrance of what has been done : never again shall we be able to blockade a fleet with three frigates ; the first moderate breeze or calm day , and the whole squadron would be cap ...
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... face thirteen sail of the line , amongst which were three three - deckers , besides an in - shore squadron , all ready to pick up the wounded bird , if it should happen to fly past the line of fire ; something like pigeon - shooting ...
... face thirteen sail of the line , amongst which were three three - deckers , besides an in - shore squadron , all ready to pick up the wounded bird , if it should happen to fly past the line of fire ; something like pigeon - shooting ...
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... faces in the sand . Exaggerated as white squalls may be , cèr- tain it is that the Pretty Susan was lost , and only three of her crew saved by the sternmost vessel , which happened , most providentially , to be in the schooner's wake ...
... faces in the sand . Exaggerated as white squalls may be , cèr- tain it is that the Pretty Susan was lost , and only three of her crew saved by the sternmost vessel , which happened , most providentially , to be in the schooner's wake ...
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... face to windward , and see if you can see any thing . " The old weather - beaten sailor , after looking a short time , turned round and declared he saw nothing at all ; and that he had seen the Peak of Teneriffe , 180 miles distant ...
... face to windward , and see if you can see any thing . " The old weather - beaten sailor , after looking a short time , turned round and declared he saw nothing at all ; and that he had seen the Peak of Teneriffe , 180 miles distant ...
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afterwards Algiers anchor answer appeared arms arrived assistance battery began boat brig called captain chase close command commenced Corfu corpse countenance crew dead deck declared devil endeavoured enemy Euphrates eyes fear feeling Fernando de Noronha fire first-lieutenant fleet French frigate gave gentlemen guns hand harbour head heard honor hour HUDIBRAS instantly island Islay knew ladies land lieutenant looked looked to windward Lord Exmouth Lough Swilly mainsail Malta marines Menelaus midshipman mind morning musket navy never night o'clock oars officer Orford Ness party passed Pipes pistol placed poor port pretty prisoners prize quarter replied retreat round sail sailor scene Seagrove seemed seized ship ship's shore short shortly shot side Sir Peter Parker Sir Thomas Sir Thomas Maitland soon squadron stood thing thought tion took Toulon Turk turned vessel walked watch wind windward words wounded