Floating Remembrances and Sketches of a Sea LifeWhittaker, 1854 - 372 páginas |
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... round at the sentry , who had purposely removed to a short distance . " " I am sorry I dare not allow of further conversation , sir , " said the marine respectfully , " I have already ex- ceeded my orders , sir , but as you are , I ...
... round at the sentry , who had purposely removed to a short distance . " " I am sorry I dare not allow of further conversation , sir , " said the marine respectfully , " I have already ex- ceeded my orders , sir , but as you are , I ...
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... rounded by officers . After waiting some time , an op- portunity offered for addressing him , and raising my hat with the usual salute , I requested a few minutes ' hear- ing . " I am particularly engaged just now , young gentle- man ...
... rounded by officers . After waiting some time , an op- portunity offered for addressing him , and raising my hat with the usual salute , I requested a few minutes ' hear- ing . " I am particularly engaged just now , young gentle- man ...
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... round his cuffs I knew to be the admiral , and from the description I had received , was at once sensible that it could be none other than Sir Isaac Coffin . I was took upon about to answer , when Captain P- himself to reply . " Old ...
... round his cuffs I knew to be the admiral , and from the description I had received , was at once sensible that it could be none other than Sir Isaac Coffin . I was took upon about to answer , when Captain P- himself to reply . " Old ...
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... round old Wills , listening to his anecdotes of Jem collins , as well as of former services with Sir Isaac Coffin , and many were the anxious glances at the Gladia- tor , as if they longed to pierce the vessel's side , so that they ...
... round old Wills , listening to his anecdotes of Jem collins , as well as of former services with Sir Isaac Coffin , and many were the anxious glances at the Gladia- tor , as if they longed to pierce the vessel's side , so that they ...
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... round , the love of country glowed within as warm and as pure as the gladdening beams that emanated from the radiant orb of day . From this scene I descended to the place where poor Collins was confined in gloom . It was , however ...
... round , the love of country glowed within as warm and as pure as the gladdening beams that emanated from the radiant orb of day . From this scene I descended to the place where poor Collins was confined in gloom . It was , however ...
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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.