The Log Book; Or, Nautical Miscellany..J. Robins & Sons, No. 57 & 58, Tooley Street, Southwark., 1826 - 498 strán (strany) |
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Strana 5
... captains , and nearly all of her officers were killed . We had 3 killed and 19 wounded , and our captain died of his wounds at Cal- cutta , and was buried in grand style , God rest his soul ! " But harkye , nothing was said about a ...
... captains , and nearly all of her officers were killed . We had 3 killed and 19 wounded , and our captain died of his wounds at Cal- cutta , and was buried in grand style , God rest his soul ! " But harkye , nothing was said about a ...
Strana 9
... captain how he wished to enter the navy . " Belike you do , brother , ' said the captain , as soon as Charley had made an end of his palaver - Be- like you do ; but let me just overhaul you a bit , and see what you can do . Have you ...
... captain how he wished to enter the navy . " Belike you do , brother , ' said the captain , as soon as Charley had made an end of his palaver - Be- like you do ; but let me just overhaul you a bit , and see what you can do . Have you ...
Strana 10
... captain then produced some papers , which he told us con- tained an engagement to sail with him to the West Indies , and he asked us to sign them . If we had been sober , we should not , I dare say , have refused ; but drunk as we were ...
... captain then produced some papers , which he told us con- tained an engagement to sail with him to the West Indies , and he asked us to sign them . If we had been sober , we should not , I dare say , have refused ; but drunk as we were ...
Strana 11
... captain than you are ; and we do a trifle of smuggling when we can , wherewith the captain has now gone ashore to land some brandy ; and we were mainly in want of two boys , whereby I bound you to the owner ; and now whether you like it ...
... captain than you are ; and we do a trifle of smuggling when we can , wherewith the captain has now gone ashore to land some brandy ; and we were mainly in want of two boys , whereby I bound you to the owner ; and now whether you like it ...
Strana 12
... Captain Hope received on board at Gibraltar , Lieut . - Gen . Sir Ralph Abercrombie , with his staff , and conveyed him from thence to Egypt . He was subsequently em- ployed in the blockade of Alexan- dria , and remained upon that sta ...
... Captain Hope received on board at Gibraltar , Lieut . - Gen . Sir Ralph Abercrombie , with his staff , and conveyed him from thence to Egypt . He was subsequently em- ployed in the blockade of Alexan- dria , and remained upon that sta ...
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Strana 202 - THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but him had fled; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm — A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though childlike form.
Strana 480 - As eager to anticipate their grave; And the sea yawn'd around her like a hell, And down she suck'd with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples with his enemy, And strives to strangle him before he die.
Strana 418 - They cannot see the sun on high: The wind hath blown a gale all day; At evening it hath died away. On the deck the Rover takes his stand; So dark it is, they see no land. Quoth Sir Ralph, "It will be lighter soon, For there is the dawn of the rising moon.
Strana 202 - And shouted but once more aloud, "My father! must I stay?" While o'er him fast, through sail and shroud, The wreathing fires made way. They...
Strana 41 - He was the first that infused that proportion of courage into the seamen, by making them see by experience, what mighty things they could do, if they were resolved ; and taught them to fight in fire as well as upon water : and though he hath been very well imitated and followed, he was the first that gave the example of that kind of naval courage %, and bold and resolute achievements.
Strana 418 - NO STIR in the air, no stir in the sea: The ship was still as she could be; Her sails from heaven received no motion; Her keel was steady in the ocean. Without either sign or sound of their shock, The waves flowed over the Inchcape Rock; So little they rose, so little they fell, They did not move the Inchcape Bell.
Strana 202 - With mast, and helm, and pennon fair, That well had borne their part — But the noblest thing which perished there Was that young faithful heart...
Strana 418 - Down sunk the Bell with a gurgling sound, The bubbles rose and burst around: Quoth Sir Ralph, 'The next who comes to the Rock Won't bless the Abbot of Aberbrothok.
Strana 322 - ... when, in other climes, we meet Some isle or vale enchanting, Where all looks flowery, wild and sweet, And nought but love is wanting ; We think...
Strana 15 - O, it is monstrous! monstrous! Methought, the billows spoke, and told me of it; The winds did sing it to me; and the thunder, That deep and dreadful organ-pipe, pronounc'd The name of Prosper; it did bass my trespass. Therefore my son i" the ooze is bedded ; and I'll seek him deeper than e'er plummet sounded, And with him there lie mudded.