An Ocean Free-lance: From a Privateersman's Log, 1812, Volume 1R. Bentley, 1881 |
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An Ocean Free-Lance: From a Privateersman's Log, 1812 William Clark Russell No preview available - 2017 |
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aboard aloft answered arms astern beautiful blowing blue boat boatswain's pipe Bombay Castle bows breeze brig broadside bulwarks cabin canvas Captain Shelvocke carronades chase Chestree chief mate clouds coast colours Corney corvette crew cutter dark dead deck dropped enemy enemy's English exclaimed Shelvocke eyes fellow fight fire flag flash foam fore forecastle forward French Frenchman frigate give glass gleaming Goodwin Sands guns hail halliards hand Hannay Hanover hauled head heard helm hoisted hull hung jib-boom laughing leeward light look look-out lugger Madison main-sail masts mile minutes oars Peacock port privateer quarter rigging round sail schooner seamen Shel Shelvocke's ship shot shouted Shelvocke side sight skylight sloop smoke spars starboard stay-sail stood sung taffrail Tapping Tigress top-mast vessel vocke voice watch weather West India Docks whilst whole wind windward yards yonder
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Page 238 - ... and it remained to be seen whether she would be able to reach that shelter before we could get between her and the land.