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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Page 12
... obtain neither of the former two , I at last thought , after I had pondered the subject over , of the First Lord of the Admiralty , who , as I knew by reputation , was an inveterate snuffer . But how was I to approach him on such a ...
... obtain neither of the former two , I at last thought , after I had pondered the subject over , of the First Lord of the Admiralty , who , as I knew by reputation , was an inveterate snuffer . But how was I to approach him on such a ...
Page 20
... obtaining heavy catches of herring . Several times I had gone out in one or other of the fish- ing fleet , for there is a wondrous fascination on a fine night to see or assist in taking on board the nets filled with their captures . As ...
... obtaining heavy catches of herring . Several times I had gone out in one or other of the fish- ing fleet , for there is a wondrous fascination on a fine night to see or assist in taking on board the nets filled with their captures . As ...
Page 36
... obtain a chair , unless one came early or stayed late until the music was over , when only the cheerful clinking of the glasses , as healths were drunk in the old - fashioned style , mixed harmoniously with rippling laughter and the hum ...
... obtain a chair , unless one came early or stayed late until the music was over , when only the cheerful clinking of the glasses , as healths were drunk in the old - fashioned style , mixed harmoniously with rippling laughter and the hum ...
Page 46
... obtaining an immediate addition to them , it had become necessary that I should be doing something as soon as possible . A person who kept a livery - stable and took a fancy to me , from the manner in which I rode an unbroken colt ...
... obtaining an immediate addition to them , it had become necessary that I should be doing something as soon as possible . A person who kept a livery - stable and took a fancy to me , from the manner in which I rode an unbroken colt ...
Page 55
... obtaining a glossy short coat , in place of the rough , staring cover- ing it had formerly exhibited . When I first brought it to the coral I was laughed at . Some one sung out , " Here comes Johnny Bull with a dromedary " —an opinion ...
... obtaining a glossy short coat , in place of the rough , staring cover- ing it had formerly exhibited . When I first brought it to the coral I was laughed at . Some one sung out , " Here comes Johnny Bull with a dromedary " —an opinion ...
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