Ready, o ready!, or These forty years. By the captain of the 'Cumberland'.1873 |
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... deck again . In a merchant ship , such as ours , the lifts are not kept very accurately squared , and on this occasion the yard was almost on end , with the lee yard - arm downmost . My friend on the weather side had manfully lugged ...
... deck again . In a merchant ship , such as ours , the lifts are not kept very accurately squared , and on this occasion the yard was almost on end , with the lee yard - arm downmost . My friend on the weather side had manfully lugged ...
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... deck with his strong tail in baffled rage . Once , in after years , I made the acquaintance of a shark under water . We were on our pas- sage out to India in a corvette , and one morning soon after we had got into the south - west ...
... deck with his strong tail in baffled rage . Once , in after years , I made the acquaintance of a shark under water . We were on our pas- sage out to India in a corvette , and one morning soon after we had got into the south - west ...
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... deck , I jumped into the cutter and pulled for the life - buoy , which by this time was some little distance astern . The man was still close to it , but making no attempt whatever to get hold , and when we got near him we saw him fold ...
... deck , I jumped into the cutter and pulled for the life - buoy , which by this time was some little distance astern . The man was still close to it , but making no attempt whatever to get hold , and when we got near him we saw him fold ...
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... deck unable to move . By and by , in the night , I heard someone groaning near me , who turned out to be one of the crew , taken ill also ; and a day or two afterwards he and two others of our small crew were dead . On arrival I had ...
... deck unable to move . By and by , in the night , I heard someone groaning near me , who turned out to be one of the crew , taken ill also ; and a day or two afterwards he and two others of our small crew were dead . On arrival I had ...
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... deck when the drums beat to quarters ; the men fell in under arms , the midshipmen mustered them , and the lieutenants inspected them . They then put their muskets and cutlasses away , and the thousand men stood waiting for the next ...
... deck when the drums beat to quarters ; the men fell in under arms , the midshipmen mustered them , and the lieutenants inspected them . They then put their muskets and cutlasses away , and the thousand men stood waiting for the next ...
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Página 246 - When all the world is young, lad, And all the trees are green ; And every goose a swan, lad, And every lass a queen ; Then hey for boot and horse, lad, And round the world away ; Young blood must have its course, lad. And every dog his day.
Página 16 - The Silent Hour: Essays, Original and Selected, By the Author of "The Gentle Life.
Página 15 - About in the World. Essays by the Author of "The Gentle Life." " It is not easy to open it at any page without finding some handy idea.
Página 15 - Familiar Words. An Index Verborum, or Quotation Handbook. Affording an immediate Reference to Phrases and Sentences that have become embedded in the English language.
Página 117 - When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
Página 5 - The book for all boys in whom the love of travel and adventure is strong. They will find here plenty to amuse them and much to instruct them besides.
Página 202 - Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the mighty One of Israel.
Página 16 - The chapters are so lively in themselves, so mingled with shrewd views of human nature, so full of illustrative anecdotes, that the reader cannot fail to be amused.
Página 6 - Comprising Pleasure Books of Literature produced in the Choicest Style as Companionable Volumes at Home and Abroad. "We can hardly imagine better books for boys to read or for men to ponder over.
Página 7 - ... attire, are brought nearer to us, become intelligible to us, and teach us lessons of humanity which we can learn from men only, and not from saints and heroes. Here lies the real value of real history. It widens our minds and our hearts, and gives us that true knowledge of the world and of human nature In all its phases which but few can gain in the short span of their own life, and in the narrow sphere of their friends and enemies. We can hardly imagine a better book for boys to read or for...