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... Carried into St. Malo - Plan for escaping - Carouse of privateer's crew - La Motte's dangerous expedition - Escape from harbour , . 260-286 CHAPTER XIV . Happy prospect of reaching England - Weather changes - Heavy gale - Expect to be ...
... Carried into St. Malo - Plan for escaping - Carouse of privateer's crew - La Motte's dangerous expedition - Escape from harbour , . 260-286 CHAPTER XIV . Happy prospect of reaching England - Weather changes - Heavy gale - Expect to be ...
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... Carried on board the Glatton , 56 guns , Captain Henry Trollope - Sail to join the northern fleet under Admiral Duncan- Reach Yarmouth roads - Sent to join a squadron off Helvoetsluis - The Glatton encounters a French squadron of four ...
... Carried on board the Glatton , 56 guns , Captain Henry Trollope - Sail to join the northern fleet under Admiral Duncan- Reach Yarmouth roads - Sent to join a squadron off Helvoetsluis - The Glatton encounters a French squadron of four ...
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... a heavy sea running , the sky as black as pitch , the ocean a mass of foam , and with the wind howling and whistling as if eager to carry the masts out of her , I was born . My poor mother had a heavy time of it , and it was a mercy she.
... a heavy sea running , the sky as black as pitch , the ocean a mass of foam , and with the wind howling and whistling as if eager to carry the masts out of her , I was born . My poor mother had a heavy time of it , and it was a mercy she.
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... carried six brass guns on deck , which were bright and polished , and took my fancy amazingly . She also had a long mahogany tiller bound with brass , and with a handsomely carved head of a kite which I much admired . These things ...
... carried six brass guns on deck , which were bright and polished , and took my fancy amazingly . She also had a long mahogany tiller bound with brass , and with a handsomely carved head of a kite which I much admired . These things ...
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... carried every stitch of canvas clear of the bolt - ropes , but very nearly took the masts out of the vessel . It was ... carry a weather helm . It is not surprising , therefore , that Toggles should at once catch at my name , and turn it ...
... carried every stitch of canvas clear of the bolt - ropes , but very nearly took the masts out of the vessel . It was ... carry a weather helm . It is not surprising , therefore , that Toggles should at once catch at my name , and turn it ...
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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!