Stories of the Spanish MainMacmillan, 1913 - 232 páginas |
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... sort of settlement on the island of Tortuga , and then it was that Peter the Great seems to have come into prominence . He gathered about him a body of adherents , 1 but although he had a great reputation as an individual pirate , it ...
... sort of settlement on the island of Tortuga , and then it was that Peter the Great seems to have come into prominence . He gathered about him a body of adherents , 1 but although he had a great reputation as an individual pirate , it ...
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... sort of fellows they were , and the captain would have found hungry pirates uncom- fortable persons to question . • But it seemed to Peter and his crew a very diffi- cult thing indeed to get themselves on board the man - of - war , so ...
... sort of fellows they were , and the captain would have found hungry pirates uncom- fortable persons to question . • But it seemed to Peter and his crew a very diffi- cult thing indeed to get themselves on board the man - of - war , so ...
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... sort of a sea - fight , but for a long time he cruised about without seeing anything which it was worth while to attempt to capture . At last , when his provisions began to give out , and his men became somewhat discontented , Pierre ...
... sort of a sea - fight , but for a long time he cruised about without seeing anything which it was worth while to attempt to capture . At last , when his provisions began to give out , and his men became somewhat discontented , Pierre ...
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... fight . Pierre and his buccaneers were good at that sort of thing , and when the man- of - war came up , there was a terrible time on board those two vessels . But the Spaniards were the stronger 26 STORIES OF THE SPANISH MAIN.
... fight . Pierre and his buccaneers were good at that sort of thing , and when the man- of - war came up , there was a terrible time on board those two vessels . But the Spaniards were the stronger 26 STORIES OF THE SPANISH MAIN.
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... sort of a prize they had gained . They found it a very good one indeed . There were seventy - five thousand crowns in money , besides a cargo of cocoa worth five thousand more , and this , combined with the value of the ship and all its ...
... sort of a prize they had gained . They found it a very good one indeed . There were seventy - five thousand crowns in money , besides a cargo of cocoa worth five thousand more , and this , combined with the value of the ship and all its ...
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Página 102 - TAFFY was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief; Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef: I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was not at home ; Taffy came to my house and stole a marrowbone.
Página 65 - Bucaniers of America: or, a True Account of the Most Remarkable Assaults Committed of late Years upon the Coasts of THE WEST INDIES, By the BUCANIERS of Jamaica and Tortuga, Both ENGLISH AND FRENCH.
Página 40 - He therefore went to the captain of the vessel and informed him that he had on board one of the very worst pirates in the whole world, whose wicked deeds were well known in various parts of the West Indies, and who ought immediately to be delivered up to the civil authorities. This proposal, however, met with no favor from the Spanish captain, who had found Bartholemy a very quiet man, and could see that he was a very strong one, and he did not at all desire to give up such a valuable addition to...
Página 225 - I spied three ships from France, to them I did advance, And took them all by chance, as I sailed, as I sailed...
Página 63 - ... one hundred dollars, which would be a profit to his owner, who had paid but seventy dollars for him. This offer, of course, Esquemeling accepted with delight, and having made the bargain he stepped forth upon the warm sands of the island of Tortuga a free and happy man. But he was as poor as a church mouse. He had nothing in the world but the clothes on his back and he saw no way in which he could make money enough to keep himself alive until he had paid for himself.
Página 126 - ... but this prosperity did not last. Indian wars broke out, and in the course of time the colonies became very much weakened and impoverished, and then it was that the harbor of Charles Town began to be again interesting to the pirates. About this time one of the most famous of searobbers was harassing the Atlantic coast of North America, and from New England to the West Indies, he was known as the great pirate Blackbeard. This man, whose real name was Thatch, was a most terrible fellow in appearance...
Página 56 - Spanish vessel with all its rich cargo, and its triumphant pirate crew, high up upon the cruel rocks, and wrecked it absolutely and utterly. Bartholemy and his men barely managed to get into a little boat, and row themselves away. All the wealth and treasure which had come to them with the capture of the Spanish vessel, all the power which the possession of that vessel gave them, and all the wild joy which came to them with riches and power, were lost to them in as short a space of time as it had...
Página 65 - ... most remarkable assaults committed of late years upon the coasts of the West Indies by the Buccaneers of Jamaica and Tortuga (both English and French).
Página 43 - ... for Bartholemy to swim to shore, and he did not know how to swim, which seems a strange failing in a hardy sailor with so many other nautical accomplishments. In the rough hold where he was shut up, our pirate, peering about, anxious and earnest, discovered two large earthen jars in which wine had been brought from Spain, and with these he determined to make a sort of life-preserver. He found some pieces of oiled cloth, which he tied tightly over the open mouths of the jars and fastened them...
Página 56 - ... bowls, for this prize was a much greater one than the first. If Bartholemy could have communicated his great good fortune to the other buccaneers in the West Indies, there would have been a boom in piracy which would have threatened great danger to the honesty and integrity of the seafaring men of that region. But nobody, not even a pirate, has any way of finding out what is going to happen next, and if Bartholemy had had an idea of the fluctuations which were about to occur in the market in...