Floating Remembrances and Sketches of a Sea LifeWhittaker, 1854 - 372 páginas |
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... deck was his seat , and both legs in irons . The light from the sentry's lantern threw its dim rays upon his face , -- and oh how changed was that countenance since I had last beheld it : there was the same outline of features , but ...
... deck was his seat , and both legs in irons . The light from the sentry's lantern threw its dim rays upon his face , -- and oh how changed was that countenance since I had last beheld it : there was the same outline of features , but ...
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... deck . The commander of the Gladiator was ashore , but the first lieutenant addressed me on the subject , and I spoke of poor Collins such as he had been in the frigate , in terms that rose spontaneous to my lips , probably prompted by ...
... deck . The commander of the Gladiator was ashore , but the first lieutenant addressed me on the subject , and I spoke of poor Collins such as he had been in the frigate , in terms that rose spontaneous to my lips , probably prompted by ...
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... deck , revolving in my ideas many schemes to benefit the poor fellow , and then on contemplating the penalty awarded to deserters , with the uncompromising discipline of Captain , as quickly abandoning them , when one of the men stopped ...
... deck , revolving in my ideas many schemes to benefit the poor fellow , and then on contemplating the penalty awarded to deserters , with the uncompromising discipline of Captain , as quickly abandoning them , when one of the men stopped ...
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... deck of the guard - ship , and presented my credentials to the first lieutenant . It was a lovely morning , redolent of summer beauty , the sun threw its genial warmth upon the smiling face of nature , and though the scenery was not of ...
... deck of the guard - ship , and presented my credentials to the first lieutenant . It was a lovely morning , redolent of summer beauty , the sun threw its genial warmth upon the smiling face of nature , and though the scenery was not of ...
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... deck - the sun was still shining in all its brilliancy and light , but I could not chase from my mind the darkness I had just quitted - nature looked as lovely as ever , but her smile could not banish from my remem- brance the scene I ...
... deck - the sun was still shining in all its brilliancy and light , but I could not chase from my mind the darkness I had just quitted - nature looked as lovely as ever , but her smile could not banish from my remem- brance the scene I ...
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Admiral Amoy answered arnt arter thinking Avast beautiful boat boatswain Brigantine cabin Captain Bremmil Captain Dalrymple Captain Peroni Captain Sullivan carronade chief mate Collins command countenance craft crew deck Dick duty Edwards exclaimed eyes face fellow fore forecastle frigate gazed Grainger grape shot hand head heard heart hero Jack JACK TAYLOR James Joey lads lady larning leave Lieutenant look manner Mary Anne Mary Anne Talbot mast mate messmate midshipman mind Mister Reckless Nesbit never Newfoundland dog night officer old Grant Oliver once ould poor girl Portsmouth prisoner quarter-master replied returned Reuben Reckless Rouseabout sail sailor Sea Nymph seaman ship shipmates shore shouted side skipper smile soon stood Strachan Susan Taylor tell there's thing thought tion Tortola turned uttered vessel voice watch whilst wounded yard yo'r honor young Boyson
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Página 5 - Time rolls his ceaseless course. The race of yore, Who danced our infancy upon their knee, And told our marvelling boyhood legends store, Of their strange ventures happ'd by land or sea, How are they blotted from the things that be ! How few, all weak and wither'd of their force, Wait on the verge of dark eternity, Like stranded wrecks, the tide returning hoarse, To sweep them from our sight ! Time rolls his ceaseless course.
Página 152 - Lordship did not make any very minute enquiries, and baving obtained a favourable dismissal she left him. Soon afterwards she was sent on board the Brunswick, Captain Harvey, and had not been long there ere her cleanliness and good conduct, Which differed so widely from other boys of the age she seemed, attracted the attention of her commander ; he questioned her as to her friends, and whether she had not run away from some school to try the sea. Mary Anne related such of her adventures as were consistent...
Página 82 - Him that cometh unto me I will in nowise cast out. " The prayer ceased, and Jem stood erect and firm — he shook hands with the chaplain — pressed Dick Wills to his heart, then the Captain placed himself in a conspicuous situation to read the sentence of the Court Martial and the Death Warrant for execution. The silence grew more...
Página 336 - How gloriously her gallant course she goes! Her white wings flying — never from her foes — She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife. Who would not brave the battle-fire — the wreck To move the monarch of her peopled deck?
Página 238 - ... the grog shop so close under your jibs, and the young gentleman away from the cutter, indeed I would not, and that's poz — so shove off, blackee." There is an- old saying, that " when the .cat is away the mice will play...
Página 153 - Anne made numerous applications to the navy pay office, Somerset House, for money due to her for her service on board the Brunswick man-of-war, on the 1st of June and previous days; but having been repeatedly disappointed, she made use of expressions one day which were considered indecorous, in consequence of which she was conveyed to Bow-street, where she underwent a long examination. She was at length dismissed ; and several gentlemen, commiserating her sufferings, entered into a subscription for...
Página 300 - Death takes the good — too good on earth to stay, And leaves the bad — too bad to take away.
Página 296 - I've lived. In honor's cause my life was passed, In honor's cause I fall at last, For England, home, and beauty ! " Thus ending life as he began ; England confessed that every man That day had done his duty.
Página 301 - ... owing to the weather clue-garnet having been shot away from the bits, the American frigate forged a little ahead, but was presently stopped, by hooking, with her quarter port, the flook of the Shannon's anchor stowed over the chess-tree. Captain Broke now ran forward ; and observing the Chesapeake's men deserting the quarterdeck guns, he ordered the two ships to be lashed together, the great guns to cease firing, the maindeck boarders to be called, and Lieutenant George Thomas L. Watt, the first...
Página 301 - ... and Lieutenant George Thomas L. Watt, the first lieutenant, to bring up the quarterdeck men, who were all boarders. While zealously employed outside the bulwark of the Shannon, making the Chesapeake fast to her, the veteran boatswain, Mr. Stevens (he had fought in Rodney's action), had his left arm hacked off with repeated sabre cuts, and was mortally wounded by musketry. The midshipman commanding on the forecastle, Mr. Samwell, was also mortally wounded.