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... English coast . On one occasion , his brig having received severe damage in a heavy gale , put into Plymouth harbour to obtain repairs . He there met an old shipmate , John Trevelyn , who had given up the sea and settled with his family ...
... English coast . On one occasion , his brig having received severe damage in a heavy gale , put into Plymouth harbour to obtain repairs . He there met an old shipmate , John Trevelyn , who had given up the sea and settled with his family ...
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... English merchantmen of those days were mere tubs compared to those of foreign nations ; and even the Kite , though a fast vessel of her class , was very inferior to the craft of the present day of the same rig . Thus we saw that there ...
... English merchantmen of those days were mere tubs compared to those of foreign nations ; and even the Kite , though a fast vessel of her class , was very inferior to the craft of the present day of the same rig . Thus we saw that there ...
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... sent on shore for an English doctor who resided at the place . After some time the doctor came , and told the men to turn up their shirt - sleeves and to show him their arms . THE PLAGUE . 57 ' I thought so , ' 56 WILL WEATHERHELM .
... sent on shore for an English doctor who resided at the place . After some time the doctor came , and told the men to turn up their shirt - sleeves and to show him their arms . THE PLAGUE . 57 ' I thought so , ' 56 WILL WEATHERHELM .
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... English ship , all was right , and could not make out the reason of the agitation some of the older hands were in . In a quarter of an hour or so , a boat with a lieutenant and a pretty strongly armed crew came alongside . As he stepped ...
... English ship , all was right , and could not make out the reason of the agitation some of the older hands were in . In a quarter of an hour or so , a boat with a lieutenant and a pretty strongly armed crew came alongside . As he stepped ...
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... English ground in the London docks , and how I would give anything if I might just run up and see how the old lady and my aunt were , and show them that I was alive . ' I think I may trust you , my lad , ' said the lieutenant , looking ...
... English ground in the London docks , and how I would give anything if I might just run up and see how the old lady and my aunt were , and show them that I was alive . ' I think I may trust you , my lad , ' said the lieutenant , looking ...
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Page 199 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Page 79 - There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To take care of the life of poor Jack.
Page 271 - There is many a slip between the cup and the lip, and before the spring much may be changed.
Page 346 - Bear down, d'ye see, To our Admiral's lee ! ' 'No, no,' says the Frenchman, 'that can't be !' ' Then I must lug you along with me !
Page 346 - Frenchman laughed and thought it stuff, But they knew not the handful of men, how tough, On board of the Arethusa. On deck five hundred men did dance, The stoutest they could find in France; We with two hundred did advance On board of the Arethusa. Our captain hailed the Frenchman, 'Ho!