Jack in the Forecastle: Or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale [pseud.]Crosby, Nichols, Lee, 1860 - 452 Seiten |
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... Entered , according to Act of Congress , in the year 1860 , by CROSBY , NICHOLS , LEE & CO . , In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts . ELECTROTYPED AT THE BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY . PREFACE . THIS ...
... Entered , according to Act of Congress , in the year 1860 , by CROSBY , NICHOLS , LEE & CO . , In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts . ELECTROTYPED AT THE BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY . PREFACE . THIS ...
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... entered the warm latitudes , on knocking a bung from one of the water casks on the quarter - deck , there issued an odor of " an ancient and fish - like " nature , which gave offence to my olfac- tories . On tasting the water , I found ...
... entered the warm latitudes , on knocking a bung from one of the water casks on the quarter - deck , there issued an odor of " an ancient and fish - like " nature , which gave offence to my olfac- tories . On tasting the water , I found ...
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... entered his victim , and then shouted with the voice of a Stentor , " Haul in ! haul in ! " And we did haul in ; but the fish was strong and muscular , and strug- gled hard for liberty and life . In spite of our prompt and vigorous ...
... entered his victim , and then shouted with the voice of a Stentor , " Haul in ! haul in ! " And we did haul in ; but the fish was strong and muscular , and strug- gled hard for liberty and life . In spite of our prompt and vigorous ...
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... entered upon the broad ocean . The fresh trade wind was welcome after sweltering for weeks in the sultry and unwholesome atmosphere of Demarara ; and the clear and pellucid waters of the ocean bore a cheerful aspect , con- trasted with ...
... entered upon the broad ocean . The fresh trade wind was welcome after sweltering for weeks in the sultry and unwholesome atmosphere of Demarara ; and the clear and pellucid waters of the ocean bore a cheerful aspect , con- trasted with ...
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... entered the Gulf Stream the wind hauled suddenly to the eastward , and the heav- ens were obscured by clouds . The breeze also increased , and the sea became rough , causing the brig to assume various unseemly attitudes , and perform ...
... entered the Gulf Stream the wind hauled suddenly to the eastward , and the heav- ens were obscured by clouds . The breeze also increased , and the sea became rough , causing the brig to assume various unseemly attitudes , and perform ...
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Seite 399 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Seite 126 - When orient dews impearl the enamell'd lawn ; Than from his sides in bright suffusion flow, That now with gold empyreal seem to glow ; Now in pellucid sapphires meet the view, And emulate the soft celestial hue ; Now beam a flaming crimson on the eye, And now assume the...
Seite 132 - As soon as I recovered my breath, the bandage was removed from my eyes, and I found myself floating in the long-boat, which had been nearly filled with water for the occasion, and surrounded by as jovial a set of fellows as ever played off a practical joke. Old Neptune proved to be Jim Sinclair, of Marblehead, but so disguised that his own mother could not have known him. His ill-favored and weather-beaten visage was covered with streaks of paint, like the face of a wild Indian on the war-path. He...
Seite 198 - ... nothing of human life is seen, where its existence only is inferred by the rude wooden cross or stone-piled cairn, which marks the unconsecrated grave of some traveller who has been waylaid there alone, murdered, and sent to his account with all his imperfections on his head. However confidently we have relied on past experience that such would not be our fate, yet these sorts of Spanish milestones marked with memento mori, are awkward evidences that the thing is not altogether impossible. It...
Seite 132 - ... filled with water for the occasion, and surrounded by as jovial a set of fellows as ever played off a practical joke. Old Neptune proved to be Jim Sinclair, of Marblehead, but so disguised that his own mother could not have known him. His ill-favored and weather-beaten visage was covered with streaks of paint, like the face of a wild Indian on the war-path. He had a thick beard made of oakum ; and a wig of rope-yarns, the curls hanging gracefully on his shoulders, was surmounted with a paper...
Seite 91 - And the gold orange through the dark foliage glows. A soft wind flutters from the deep blue sky. The myrtle blooms, and towers the laurel high ? Knowest thou it well ? O there with thee, O that I might, my own beloved one, flee...
Seite 160 - Never mind," said Allen, one day, when sent on some useless mission in the vicinity of the knight-heads, while the ship was plunging violently, and sending cataracts of salt water over the bowsprit at every dive; "never mind, it will be only for a single passage." "I know that," said Stetson, with an oath; "and I will take good care to 'work you up
Seite 131 - ... Neptune on deck, to which we prisoners listened with much interest. The slide of the scuttle was removed, and orders given for one of the " strangers" to come on deck and be shaved. Anxious to develop the mystery and be qualified to bear a part in the frolic, I pressed forward; but as soon as my hand appeared above the rim of the scuttle I was seized, blindfolded, and led to the main deck, where I was urged, by a press of politeness I could not withstand, to be seated on a plank. 7. The process...
Seite 33 - A public ship carries no protection for her men but her flag. I do not expect to succeed in the contest with you ; but I will die at my quarters before a man shall be taken from the ship.
Seite 127 - Where there are two matrons, one matron shall be on duty in the jail from eight o'clock in the morning until six o'clock in the evening...