Flying Childers: His CruiseHotten, 1870 - 63 pages |
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... sent up again ' Blue Peter ' To a fleet in no ways loth . And he signall'd to his captains , Quite forgetting his last qualm , England's eye is full upon us , Let us look out for a storm . " XXIV . Many an eye was dimm'd with weeping ...
... sent up again ' Blue Peter ' To a fleet in no ways loth . And he signall'd to his captains , Quite forgetting his last qualm , England's eye is full upon us , Let us look out for a storm . " XXIV . Many an eye was dimm'd with weeping ...
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... Sent the ward - room mess a - flying , Burst the cutter's garboard strakes , XIV . Hanging on her starboard davits , And , as I'm oblig'd to learn , Drown'd the cabins too , and well nigh Clear'd the ship from stem to stern . And it ...
... Sent the ward - room mess a - flying , Burst the cutter's garboard strakes , XIV . Hanging on her starboard davits , And , as I'm oblig'd to learn , Drown'd the cabins too , and well nigh Clear'd the ship from stem to stern . And it ...
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... That envelop'd all of them . And they pitch'd and toss'd in darkness As the very worst they fear'd , Till with break of day it lifted , And the Helicon appear'd . XXIV . She that had been sent before them To FYTTE III . YE STORM . 59.
... That envelop'd all of them . And they pitch'd and toss'd in darkness As the very worst they fear'd , Till with break of day it lifted , And the Helicon appear'd . XXIV . She that had been sent before them To FYTTE III . YE STORM . 59.
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... sent before them To look out for far Cape Clear ; And th ' Inconstant also turn'd up- That had fallen in the rear , Being for the time disabled . In the storm they all had shar'd ; - There she lays her course amongst them , With all ...
... sent before them To look out for far Cape Clear ; And th ' Inconstant also turn'd up- That had fallen in the rear , Being for the time disabled . In the storm they all had shar'd ; - There she lays her course amongst them , With all ...
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Æneas AGAMEMNONA MULTI Agincourt Arrian aught Avast Behold Biscay Blue Peter bore Britannia's banner brace of shakes Caledonia call'd Cape Clear CARENT QUIA VATE Castle of Tangier Cork Corkagian cruise cuneiform deserting Cuneus disarm'd Don Louis doth he steer Eneidos England Fleet Flying Childers Flying Dutchman fools forget love fortemque FORTES ANTE AGAMEMNONA FYTTE YE SECOND FYTTE YE THIRD gale gallant guise saluteth garboard strakes Hercules IGNOTIQUE LONGA NOCTE Inconstant larboard look Lord High Admiral Lord High Admiral's Louis of Braganza Lusitanian marvels fed Moor'd Northumberland o'er OMNES ILLACRYMABILES URGENTUR oranges and port Pallas Peace pepper'd Monsieur Joinville port wine Pull'd quâ QUIA VATE SACRO Richard Airey royal standard flying sailor sea went Flying SED OMNES ILLACRYMABILES signall'd squadron lay squalls STANFORD UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES starboard stays twice sword thou three columns doth Twas Twenty-seven long valiant captains VIXERE FORTES wash'd wast The lamp Whilom YE FAIR WEATHER YE STORM
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