The flying Dutchman, by the author of 'Cavendish'. |
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The Flying Dutchman, by the Author of 'Cavendish' William Johnstoun N Neale No preview available - 2015 |
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Alcibiades Angela appeared arms beheld boat boatswain bolt-ropes bosom brig cabin Captain Livingstone CHAPTER command corporal corporal's court-martial Cresswell crew cried danger daring dark death deck deep dread duty eyes fate fear feeling fellow fire Flying Dutch Flying Dutchman fore and main forecastle frigate gale give gunroom guns hammock hand happiness head hear heard heart Heaven Herbert Holdout hope horror hour island knew larboard leeward lieutenant lips looked maindeck marine marriage master master-at-arms mate ment midshipmen mind minutes morning Mustapha mutineers never night officers once passed possessed prisoner quarter-deck Ramsay Ramsay's reefs replied round rushed sail scarcely seamen seemed seen sentry ship ship's shipmates shore shot sight Sneak soon sound stood sudden surgeon taffrail thought tion topman topsails turned utmost voice watch wave whole wind windward word wounded yardarm
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Page 77 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
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Page 83 - DUTCHMAN. in some substantial shape, to let the whole weight of his wrath fall at the earliest moment. As these thoughts passed through his mind, it seemed to him that the present was the most propitious time. The doctor, imagining his ship would not sail till daybreak, was yet cracking, as he thought, a jovial glass on board the flag ship.