Travel, War, and ShipwreckAlso published in the "Boy's Own Favourite Series", this is a nineteenth-century adventure story for boys, based on the author's own experiences as a world traveller. It includes gripping scenes such as an account of crossing the Santa Fe Trail and fights with "Red Skins" in America. The first-person narrative purports to be by the son of a naval lieutenant. |
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... hand soon . Those were the days to be at sea , and no mistake ; those were the times when an officer had to command sailors , and not a lot of land - lubbers ; the service had not gone to the devil then . " CAPTAIN CINNAMON AND ...
... hand soon . Those were the days to be at sea , and no mistake ; those were the times when an officer had to command sailors , and not a lot of land - lubbers ; the service had not gone to the devil then . " CAPTAIN CINNAMON AND ...
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... hands across the table , then pro- ceeded leisurely to replenish their glasses without asking questions as to the number they had previously imbibed . " Comrade , we have had some near shaves in CAPTAIN CINNAMON AND LIEUTENANT SWAN . 9.
... hands across the table , then pro- ceeded leisurely to replenish their glasses without asking questions as to the number they had previously imbibed . " Comrade , we have had some near shaves in CAPTAIN CINNAMON AND LIEUTENANT SWAN . 9.
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... hand across the table , and took that of his comrade . " Thanks , thanks , my dear old friend ; thanks again , " he said . " No need of that , " answered the other ; " no need of that . Isn't Jack as much mine as yours ? " " I don't ...
... hand across the table , and took that of his comrade . " Thanks , thanks , my dear old friend ; thanks again , " he said . " No need of that , " answered the other ; " no need of that . Isn't Jack as much mine as yours ? " " I don't ...
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... hand , he did not take the trouble to look farther , but deliberately walked up to him , and pulled it unceremoniously away , saying , " What does an infernal Dutchman like you want with a paper ? " stranger was on his feet , and ...
... hand , he did not take the trouble to look farther , but deliberately walked up to him , and pulled it unceremoniously away , saying , " What does an infernal Dutchman like you want with a paper ? " stranger was on his feet , and ...
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... hand was an adjoining bedstead , occupied by whom I could not see . I felt sore and bruised , so I turned to ease my position ; when my nurse , who was an elderly person , looked at me with a quiet , placid smile , and gently said ...
... hand was an adjoining bedstead , occupied by whom I could not see . I felt sore and bruised , so I turned to ease my position ; when my nurse , who was an elderly person , looked at me with a quiet , placid smile , and gently said ...
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