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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... passing the night near the cock - pit where I supposed the dead man to be laid . I dared not mention a word of this to my messmates , lest it should have ruined my character for ever ; and as I was to take the morning watch , I went ...
... passing the night near the cock - pit where I supposed the dead man to be laid . I dared not mention a word of this to my messmates , lest it should have ruined my character for ever ; and as I was to take the morning watch , I went ...
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... passing in my mind , took it for bravado . Many were the jokes respecting my attachment to old Buckley ; and thus I was se- verely punished for my folly . Two years passed away , during which I had occasional returns of terror and alarm ...
... passing in my mind , took it for bravado . Many were the jokes respecting my attachment to old Buckley ; and thus I was se- verely punished for my folly . Two years passed away , during which I had occasional returns of terror and alarm ...
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... passed unheard and conse- quently unheeded . In vain I struggled to suppress my emotion , -trembling imbecility was ... passing through the street below , I called to the officer 16 GHOST STORIES .
... passed unheard and conse- quently unheeded . In vain I struggled to suppress my emotion , -trembling imbecility was ... passing through the street below , I called to the officer 16 GHOST STORIES .
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... passed to my head : the smoke hindered me from seeing more , but I felt the sharp point of a knife graze down my breast , —I heard a heavy fall into the street below , a fire of musketry succeeded ; then followed a wild shriek , and the ...
... passed to my head : the smoke hindered me from seeing more , but I felt the sharp point of a knife graze down my breast , —I heard a heavy fall into the street below , a fire of musketry succeeded ; then followed a wild shriek , and the ...
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... passed on me , and started off at full speed , declaring that " the ghosts should have a long chase , if they felt inclined to sport . " The empty boast still faltered on my heart and my tremulous hand could scarcely hold the rein ...
... passed on me , and started off at full speed , declaring that " the ghosts should have a long chase , if they felt inclined to sport . " The empty boast still faltered on my heart and my tremulous hand could scarcely hold the rein ...
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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...