Chost stories. Frere du Diable. The fisherman's family. The red flag at the fore. The prisoner. The convict. The burning ship. The veteran soldierE.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1835 - Seafaring life |
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... guerilla bands , who secretly dealt death to the incautious sentinels . I had been about one hour upon the look out ... guerillas recurred to my recollection , and cocking the lock of a pistol , I stood in perfect readiness . Again the ...
... guerilla bands , who secretly dealt death to the incautious sentinels . I had been about one hour upon the look out ... guerillas recurred to my recollection , and cocking the lock of a pistol , I stood in perfect readiness . Again the ...
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... guerilla was for an instant seen against the dim light of the sky . But it was only for an instant : our pistols seemed to be discharged at the same moment of time . I heard his ball whistle by my ears , and it left a tingling sensation ...
... guerilla was for an instant seen against the dim light of the sky . But it was only for an instant : our pistols seemed to be discharged at the same moment of time . I heard his ball whistle by my ears , and it left a tingling sensation ...
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... guerilla warfare which afterwards became so terrible to the French . But fortune , which at first crowned the efforts of Galeazzo with success , at length forsook him . In an evil hour he fell into a snare that had been laid to entrap ...
... guerilla warfare which afterwards became so terrible to the French . But fortune , which at first crowned the efforts of Galeazzo with success , at length forsook him . In an evil hour he fell into a snare that had been laid to entrap ...
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... guerillas again formed themselves into an organ- ized band , and swore eternal enmity to France . Their leader was a man of dauntless intrepidity and cool determination . Ever foremost in the conflict and always the last in the retreat ...
... guerillas again formed themselves into an organ- ized band , and swore eternal enmity to France . Their leader was a man of dauntless intrepidity and cool determination . Ever foremost in the conflict and always the last in the retreat ...
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... guerilla crossed his path or joined his band and gave intelligence of the enemy . It would be impossible for language to do ade- quate justice to such a scene . The slow move- ments of a hundred men , who crept from bush to bush without ...
... guerilla crossed his path or joined his band and gave intelligence of the enemy . It would be impossible for language to do ade- quate justice to such a scene . The slow move- ments of a hundred men , who crept from bush to bush without ...
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Page 73 - Once more upon the waters ! yet once more ! And the waves bound beneath me as a steed That knows his rider.
Page 85 - Tis thou, thrice sweet and gracious goddess, addressing myself to LIBERTY, whom all in public or in private worship, whose taste is grateful, and ever will be so, till NATURE herself shall change...
Page 82 - French eighty-gun ship that had been set on fire to prevent her falling into the hands of the English; and having anchored in a secure position, left my vessel in a four-oared boat, passed the batteries undiscovered, and executed my orders as the brave marshal stood in the great square, with white flags and beauty greeting his arrival. Peace came! Bonaparte was elbowed off" to Elba, and the "red flag at the fore...
Page 69 - God ! — the vision is even now before me, when I beheld that pale-faced youth struggling in the agonies of death — those features full of mild benevolence, still more deadly in their hue, and hideous in convulsive writhings — the hand, that I had so often pressed with real unabated friendship, dyed in the life-stream from his heart, as he worked his fingers in the deep wound that dismissed his noble spirit ! It was in action, when rage and vengeance lashed the passions into fury. Yes ! there...
Page 74 - ... billows ; like the soul of the mighty, struggling with the last pangs of mortality. Orders were given to furl the foresail, and about sixty of the best seamen sprang aloft to execute the command. Already had they extended themselves upon the yard, and were gathering up the folds of the heavy canvass, when a tremendous sea came, like an Alpine mountain, rushing towards us.
Page 72 - Indiamen and transports with troops, were scattered in every direction; but now and then we could distinguish one or two, as they appeared for a moment on the summit of the foaming surge, like dim specks upon the verge of the horizon. Night came, and brought its frowning horrors — a pitchy darkness, which seemed almost palpable to the touch, hung with a funereal gloom above, whilst the wild waves, lashed by the raging tempest into sparkling foam, served but to render the blackness of the heavens...