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... stories - The smoke - worms , and his cruise round the Isle of Wight , 131-149 CHAPTER VIII . Visit to Plymouth - Bitter disappointment - Miss Rundle's account of Charley - Voyage to Shetland - Wrecked again - Fall among friends - Near ...
... stories - The smoke - worms , and his cruise round the Isle of Wight , 131-149 CHAPTER VIII . Visit to Plymouth - Bitter disappointment - Miss Rundle's account of Charley - Voyage to Shetland - Wrecked again - Fall among friends - Near ...
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... story - A slippery deck - The pirates ' heads , . pp . 339-359 CHAPTER XIX . A sad parting - I set out to rejoin my ship - How our fleet was manned - Seen at the Point , Portsmouth - An explosion - A narrow escape - I am transferred ...
... story - A slippery deck - The pirates ' heads , . pp . 339-359 CHAPTER XIX . A sad parting - I set out to rejoin my ship - How our fleet was manned - Seen at the Point , Portsmouth - An explosion - A narrow escape - I am transferred ...
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... stories I had heard , and the atrocities committed by these Greek pirates ; but I had little time for thought . On came the pirate ; showers of musket - balls swept our decks , and round shot came crashing through our side . In another ...
... stories I had heard , and the atrocities committed by these Greek pirates ; but I had little time for thought . On came the pirate ; showers of musket - balls swept our decks , and round shot came crashing through our side . In another ...
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... story . The Grogo was very successful , and we were looking forward every day for the return of the Montezuma . I could not help telling Mr. Merton one day of my rash oath which I had made in the presence of my grandmother , and how I ...
... story . The Grogo was very successful , and we were looking forward every day for the return of the Montezuma . I could not help telling Mr. Merton one day of my rash oath which I had made in the presence of my grandmother , and how I ...
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... stories , so the cabin - boy told us as he came forward convulsed with laughter . The wind was fair and light , the sea was smooth , and no ship floating on the ocean could have appeared more free from danger . Suddenly there was a cry ...
... stories , so the cabin - boy told us as he came forward convulsed with laughter . The wind was fair and light , the sea was smooth , and no ship floating on the ocean could have appeared more free from danger . Suddenly there was a cry ...
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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!