The Life of a Sailor, Volume 2R. Bentley, 1832 |
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... passing within hail , struck against the counter , and foundered immediately . The crew were all saved ; but we had nothing left for our morning's trouble . It was a good , and yet a bad beginning ; we had broken the ice , but had ...
... passing within hail , struck against the counter , and foundered immediately . The crew were all saved ; but we had nothing left for our morning's trouble . It was a good , and yet a bad beginning ; we had broken the ice , but had ...
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... passed ship after ship , each firing as we came abreast , and each ceasing when her second ahead commenced . Had they made more sail , and luffed to the wind , nothing in the world could have saved us - the capture was ine- vitable . At ...
... passed ship after ship , each firing as we came abreast , and each ceasing when her second ahead commenced . Had they made more sail , and luffed to the wind , nothing in the world could have saved us - the capture was ine- vitable . At ...
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... passed the beam of the enemy before he relinquished the helm to the quarter - master . At this moment the enemy ceased firing , and the whole fleet began to make all sail in chase . It seemed as if they had just awakened to a reality ...
... passed the beam of the enemy before he relinquished the helm to the quarter - master . At this moment the enemy ceased firing , and the whole fleet began to make all sail in chase . It seemed as if they had just awakened to a reality ...
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... passed in horrid monotony . At sunrise the usual careful look - out , to see no ships were outside of us , and the coast clear ; the same muster at nine o'clock , to see the arms clean as well as the men ; the tack in - shore and out ...
... passed in horrid monotony . At sunrise the usual careful look - out , to see no ships were outside of us , and the coast clear ; the same muster at nine o'clock , to see the arms clean as well as the men ; the tack in - shore and out ...
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... passed our boat before we came suddenly upon the rear of the cottage . The woman was still at her wheel ; she was very old and apparently childish . She never raised her eyes from her employment until we were 46 THE LIFE OF A SAILOR .
... passed our boat before we came suddenly upon the rear of the cottage . The woman was still at her wheel ; she was very old and apparently childish . She never raised her eyes from her employment until we were 46 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