The Life of a Sailor, Volume 2R. Bentley, 1832 |
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... hands volunteered ; and I was for the first time in my life to see a " cut out , " a service , with the exception of a " forlorn hope , " unrivalled . The enemy we knew to be well prepared ; and , from the occasional groups seen walking ...
... hands volunteered ; and I was for the first time in my life to see a " cut out , " a service , with the exception of a " forlorn hope , " unrivalled . The enemy we knew to be well prepared ; and , from the occasional groups seen walking ...
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... ordered before , to land the marines on a low point on the right - hand entrance of the harbour , and to keep in readiness to re - embark them at a moment's warning . The enemy were fairly off their guard ; THE LIFE OF A SAILOR . 19.
... ordered before , to land the marines on a low point on the right - hand entrance of the harbour , and to keep in readiness to re - embark them at a moment's warning . The enemy were fairly off their guard ; THE LIFE OF A SAILOR . 19.
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... hands aloft becomes a fish - hook . Some fool called out- " There , the captain's killed ! " ? but he soon set that to rights , by answering , " that he was worth two dead men as yet , and was un- touched . " When we saw the brig under ...
... hands aloft becomes a fish - hook . Some fool called out- " There , the captain's killed ! " ? but he soon set that to rights , by answering , " that he was worth two dead men as yet , and was un- touched . " When we saw the brig under ...
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... hand robbing us of our captain ; one of the shot entered the gig in which he had just placed himself , and was picked up between his feet . The St. Joseph had soon an English crew on board , and that night made sail for Malta . This was ...
... hand robbing us of our captain ; one of the shot entered the gig in which he had just placed himself , and was picked up between his feet . The St. Joseph had soon an English crew on board , and that night made sail for Malta . This was ...
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... hands . We edged away about a point , in order to get right ahead of our antagonist ; which having effected , we began to fire our stern - chasers , in hopes of wounding a spar of the eighty - gun ship . As how- ever the weight aft did ...
... hands . We edged away about a point , in order to get right ahead of our antagonist ; which having effected , we began to fire our stern - chasers , in hopes of wounding a spar of the eighty - gun ship . As how- ever the weight aft did ...
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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