The Life of a Sailor, Volume 2R. Bentley, 1832 |
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... heads were white , and , as for blocks , one might as well have looked for a poodle dog aloft as for one of these unsightly facilitators of work . All the dingy colours of the Arethusa quarter - deck , " dock - yard yellow , made more ...
... heads were white , and , as for blocks , one might as well have looked for a poodle dog aloft as for one of these unsightly facilitators of work . All the dingy colours of the Arethusa quarter - deck , " dock - yard yellow , made more ...
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... head would remark the consequential air with which the lieu- tenant paces the deck , with his glass under his arm , and with his eyes constantly employed in watching the sails and the compass , the weather and the horizon . We were ...
... head would remark the consequential air with which the lieu- tenant paces the deck , with his glass under his arm , and with his eyes constantly employed in watching the sails and the compass , the weather and the horizon . We were ...
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... to beat to windward , and the trial would have been cer- tainly fatal for the brig ; for , independent of our advantage of sailing , a bobbing head- sea , which sends a brig up and down like THE LIFE OF A SAILOR , 11.
... to beat to windward , and the trial would have been cer- tainly fatal for the brig ; for , independent of our advantage of sailing , a bobbing head- sea , which sends a brig up and down like THE LIFE OF A SAILOR , 11.
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... head - sheets of the pinnace , and not to appear until the boats had left the ship . Seeing him resolved to share the enterprise , my courage was excited ; and , stealing out of one of the main- deck ports , we slipped unperceived into ...
... head - sheets of the pinnace , and not to appear until the boats had left the ship . Seeing him resolved to share the enterprise , my courage was excited ; and , stealing out of one of the main- deck ports , we slipped unperceived into ...
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... selves to flight . The second - lieutenant of marines , a gentleman who tied a wet towel round his head of a night to make his hair curl , and whose cou rage was proof against his hair standing an end , 20 THE LIFE OF A SAILOR .
... selves to flight . The second - lieutenant of marines , a gentleman who tied a wet towel round his head of a night to make his hair curl , and whose cou rage was proof against his hair standing an end , 20 THE LIFE OF A SAILOR .
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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