Floating Remembrances and Sketches of a Sea LifeWhittaker, 1854 - 372 páginas |
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... said , Sir , that you had been in- formed that I was absent from my ship without leave , just tell their honors whether you received that informa- tion afore or arter the attack we made upon you FLOATING REMEMBRANCES . 53.
... said , Sir , that you had been in- formed that I was absent from my ship without leave , just tell their honors whether you received that informa- tion afore or arter the attack we made upon you FLOATING REMEMBRANCES . 53.
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... formed into beings whose grave and solemn deportment offered a most remarkable and striking contrast to their general habits . I have already said that Jem was uni- versally esteemed amongst them , and never more so than at that period ...
... formed into beings whose grave and solemn deportment offered a most remarkable and striking contrast to their general habits . I have already said that Jem was uni- versally esteemed amongst them , and never more so than at that period ...
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... formed bust of a mature young female , and which was all gilt , were painted black . Her long low hull was of such unexceptionable symmetry in all its proportions , that she truly seemed to combine invincible strength with a swiftness ...
... formed bust of a mature young female , and which was all gilt , were painted black . Her long low hull was of such unexceptionable symmetry in all its proportions , that she truly seemed to combine invincible strength with a swiftness ...
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... formed sails , -the cleanly and unincum- bered state of her decks , -the tautness of each rope , and the careful precision with which their falls were stowed away in neat Flemish coils , -the discipline of her crew , the order and ...
... formed sails , -the cleanly and unincum- bered state of her decks , -the tautness of each rope , and the careful precision with which their falls were stowed away in neat Flemish coils , -the discipline of her crew , the order and ...
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... formed limbs were quite visible to the eye , and spread- ing out at the foot to such an extravagant width , that the neat silver buckles which fastened his light thin shoes were completely hid as he stood . Such was the costume and ...
... formed limbs were quite visible to the eye , and spread- ing out at the foot to such an extravagant width , that the neat silver buckles which fastened his light thin shoes were completely hid as he stood . Such was the costume and ...
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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 dear deck Dick duty Edwards exclaimed eyes face fellow fore forecastle frigate gazed Grainger grape shot hand head heard heart hero Jack James Joey lads lady larning latter leave Lieutenant look manner Mary Anne Mary Anne Talbot mast master mate messmate midshipman mind Mister Reckless Nesbit never Newfoundland dog night officer old Grant Oliver once ould poor girl Portsmouth prisoner quarter-master reefer 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 Tortola turned uttered vessel voice watch whilst wounded yard yo'r honor young Boyson youth
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Página 308 - 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.
Página 140 - Lordship did not make any very minute enquiries, and having 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 261 - LOVE ! O Glory ! what are ye who fly Around us ever, rarely to alight ? There's not a meteor in the polar sky Of such transcendent and more fleeting flight. Chill, and...
Página 76 - 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 141 - 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 99 - ... depraved mingling with honour and integrity — the knave and the honest man — the wit and the fool — the plunderer and his victim — virtue and vice — oh, London is the spot where the leprosy of guilt leaves but few intervals of fair and healthy surface — where religion is made the stalking horse to hypocrisy — and where there is one law for the rich and another for the poor. Who that see the splendid carriages with their well dressed inmates rolling along the streets would suppose...
Página 281 - ... of a musket, which bared his skull, and nearly stunned him. Determined to finish the British commander, the third man cut him down with his broadsword, and, at that very instant, was himself cut down by one of the Shannon's seamen.
Página 279 - ... 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 279 - ... 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.
Página 140 - ... through the skin, in such a manner as wholly to prevent her standing, if she had been able to rise. To complete her misfortune, she received another wound by a musket ball, which went completely through her thigh, a little above the knee of the same leg. She lay in this crippled state till the engagement was over, when she was conveyed to the cockpit; but, though subjected to the most excruciating pain, the grape-shot could not be extracted, through fear of injuring the tendons, among which it...