Cooper's Works, Volume 10Stringer and Townsend, 1855 - American literature |
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adventurer answer appeared Bignall boat boatswain Bob Bunt bows breeze cabin calm canvas Captain cast character Commander companion countenance crew cruiser danger dare deck deep demanded Dolphin ears exclaimed favour feelings followed four-and-twenty gaze Gertrude give glance governess Guinea guns hand head heard Heaven honest Honour hope hour instant interrupted Joram knew Lacey lady light sails lips look Madam manner mariner master Harry masts mate matter ment mind minute mister Robert never Newport Nighthead ocean officer passed perhaps pinnace province of Carolina Red Rover reply returned rigging Roderick Rover sail seaman seemed seen ship silent skiff slaver smile sound spars speak stood stranger taffrail tailor thing thought tion tones topman turned uncon vessel voice voice of Wilder Wilder wind words Wyllys yard yonder young
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Page 251 - ... own weight and the renewed violence of the gusts. At this critical instant while the seamen aloft were still gazing in the direction in which the little cloud of canvas had disappeared, a lanyard of the lower rigging parted with a crack that even reached the ears of Wilder. "Lie down!" he shouted fearfully through his trumpet; "down by the backstays; down for your lives; every man of you, down!