Jack in the Forecastle: Or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale [pseud.]Crosby, Nichols, Lee, 1860 - 452 sidor |
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... caused a running bowline , or noose , to be prepared from a small but strong rope . This was lowered over the stern into the water , and by a little dexterous management , the shark was coaxed to enter it in his eagerness to get at the ...
... caused a running bowline , or noose , to be prepared from a small but strong rope . This was lowered over the stern into the water , and by a little dexterous management , the shark was coaxed to enter it in his eagerness to get at the ...
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... caused quite a sensation among the authori- ties , and gave rise to suspicions by no means favorable to the character of the captain as an honest man , and which his long , tangled locks and hirsute countenance — for he had not combed ...
... caused quite a sensation among the authori- ties , and gave rise to suspicions by no means favorable to the character of the captain as an honest man , and which his long , tangled locks and hirsute countenance — for he had not combed ...
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... caused him to give utter- ance to that dreadful cry . He immediately sank with his prey , and the muddy state of the water prevented the ruthless monster or his victim from being seen . We were still gazing on the spot where this ...
... caused him to give utter- ance to that dreadful cry . He immediately sank with his prey , and the muddy state of the water prevented the ruthless monster or his victim from being seen . We were still gazing on the spot where this ...
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... causing much consterna- tion among the sailors , and not without reason . The brig was deficient in her complement of men , and this defi- ciency was supplied by impressment from crews of British vessels in port . The commander was a ...
... causing much consterna- tion among the sailors , and not without reason . The brig was deficient in her complement of men , and this defi- ciency was supplied by impressment from crews of British vessels in port . The commander was a ...
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... causes , are continually setting west through the Old Ba- hama and New Providence Channels . It is then forced northward along the coast of Florida and the Middle States . The stream becomes wider as it extends north , diminishes its ...
... causes , are continually setting west through the Old Ba- hama and New Providence Channels . It is then forced northward along the coast of Florida and the Middle States . The stream becomes wider as it extends north , diminishes its ...
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Jack in the Forecastle; Or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale ... John Sherburne Sleeper Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1865 |
Jack in the Forecastle; Or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale John Sherburne Sleeper Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1860 |
Jack in the Forecastle; Or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale John Sherburne Sleeper Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1886 |
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Sida 399 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Sida 126 - When orient dews impearl the enamell'd lawn ; Than from his sides in bright suffusion flow, That now with gold empyreal seem to glow ; Now in pellucid sapphires meet the view, And emulate the soft celestial hue ; Now beam a flaming crimson on the eye, And now assume the...
Sida 132 - As soon as I recovered my breath, the bandage was removed from my eyes, and I found myself floating in the long-boat, which had been nearly filled with water for the occasion, and surrounded by as jovial a set of fellows as ever played off a practical joke. Old Neptune proved to be Jim Sinclair, of Marblehead, but so disguised that his own mother could not have known him. His ill-favored and weather-beaten visage was covered with streaks of paint, like the face of a wild Indian on the war-path. He...
Sida 198 - ... nothing of human life is seen, where its existence only is inferred by the rude wooden cross or stone-piled cairn, which marks the unconsecrated grave of some traveller who has been waylaid there alone, murdered, and sent to his account with all his imperfections on his head. However confidently we have relied on past experience that such would not be our fate, yet these sorts of Spanish milestones marked with memento mori, are awkward evidences that the thing is not altogether impossible. It...
Sida 132 - ... filled with water for the occasion, and surrounded by as jovial a set of fellows as ever played off a practical joke. Old Neptune proved to be Jim Sinclair, of Marblehead, but so disguised that his own mother could not have known him. His ill-favored and weather-beaten visage was covered with streaks of paint, like the face of a wild Indian on the war-path. He had a thick beard made of oakum ; and a wig of rope-yarns, the curls hanging gracefully on his shoulders, was surmounted with a paper...
Sida 91 - And the gold orange through the dark foliage glows. A soft wind flutters from the deep blue sky. The myrtle blooms, and towers the laurel high ? Knowest thou it well ? O there with thee, O that I might, my own beloved one, flee...
Sida 160 - Never mind," said Allen, one day, when sent on some useless mission in the vicinity of the knight-heads, while the ship was plunging violently, and sending cataracts of salt water over the bowsprit at every dive; "never mind, it will be only for a single passage." "I know that," said Stetson, with an oath; "and I will take good care to 'work you up
Sida 131 - ... Neptune on deck, to which we prisoners listened with much interest. The slide of the scuttle was removed, and orders given for one of the " strangers" to come on deck and be shaved. Anxious to develop the mystery and be qualified to bear a part in the frolic, I pressed forward; but as soon as my hand appeared above the rim of the scuttle I was seized, blindfolded, and led to the main deck, where I was urged, by a press of politeness I could not withstand, to be seated on a plank. 7. The process...
Sida 33 - A public ship carries no protection for her men but her flag. I do not expect to succeed in the contest with you ; but I will die at my quarters before a man shall be taken from the ship.
Sida 127 - Where there are two matrons, one matron shall be on duty in the jail from eight o'clock in the morning until six o'clock in the evening...