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... enemy - A confession- I am proved to be innocent - Capture two prizes - Ordered home in one of them- Deserted by our consort - Spring a leak - Mutiny of prisoners , 238-259 CHAPTER XIII . Overpower mutineers - A suspicious sail - Chased ...
... enemy - A confession- I am proved to be innocent - Capture two prizes - Ordered home in one of them- Deserted by our consort - Spring a leak - Mutiny of prisoners , 238-259 CHAPTER XIII . Overpower mutineers - A suspicious sail - Chased ...
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... enemy - A general chase - Lord Howe's victory of the first of June - Behaviour of the Culloden - Return to England -Discontent on board our ship - The Lord Mayor's men - My signature is obtained -What came of it - Mutiny breaks out ...
... enemy - A general chase - Lord Howe's victory of the first of June - Behaviour of the Culloden - Return to England -Discontent on board our ship - The Lord Mayor's men - My signature is obtained -What came of it - Mutiny breaks out ...
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... Return to Old England - Off again to sea - England expects that every man will do his duty- Battle of Trafalgar -Wreck of our prize - My enemy found - Home - Conclusion , 452-469 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . " AT THE LAST GASP ,
... Return to Old England - Off again to sea - England expects that every man will do his duty- Battle of Trafalgar -Wreck of our prize - My enemy found - Home - Conclusion , 452-469 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . " AT THE LAST GASP ,
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... enemy of man - always does when he can . He does his best to hide the hook with which he angles for souls , as well as to conceal himself ; and we may justly be suspicious of people who dare not come forward to explain their objects and ...
... enemy of man - always does when he can . He does his best to hide the hook with which he angles for souls , as well as to conceal himself ; and we may justly be suspicious of people who dare not come forward to explain their objects and ...
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... enemy . A whole broad- side from the Greek now came rattling down upon us . I could not resist giving a look up on ... enemy's spars , and keep him from boarding us . Our hull had received no material injury , and if a gale came on we ...
... enemy . A whole broad- side from the Greek now came rattling down upon us . I could not resist giving a look up on ... enemy's spars , and keep him from boarding us . Our hull had received no material injury , and if a gale came on we ...
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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!