The Jack O'Lantern; or, The privateer, Volume 3 |
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... ship's head laid to the northward , keeping a little to seaward of the chase . At this moment the Proserpine had the Point of Piane , and the little village of Abate , nearly abeam . The ship might have been going four knots through the ...
... ship's head laid to the northward , keeping a little to seaward of the chase . At this moment the Proserpine had the Point of Piane , and the little village of Abate , nearly abeam . The ship might have been going four knots through the ...
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... ship was merely a good sailer ; her great su- periority commencing only when she brought the breeze forward of the beam . It had been supposed that the stranger , when first seen , was about fifteen miles distant , his canvass appearing ...
... ship was merely a good sailer ; her great su- periority commencing only when she brought the breeze forward of the beam . It had been supposed that the stranger , when first seen , was about fifteen miles distant , his canvass appearing ...
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... ship that they were on a wrong scent , and that the vessel to - leeward was their own consort , the sloop ; Lyon having , in his eagerness to get the prize before she could be seen from the other ships , carried the Ringdove quite ...
... ship that they were on a wrong scent , and that the vessel to - leeward was their own consort , the sloop ; Lyon having , in his eagerness to get the prize before she could be seen from the other ships , carried the Ringdove quite ...
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James Fenimore Cooper. however , was with those in the ship . The officer sent upon the heights was a shrewd , practised master's - mate , who knew everything about his profession which properly came within his line , and knew little ...
James Fenimore Cooper. however , was with those in the ship . The officer sent upon the heights was a shrewd , practised master's - mate , who knew everything about his profession which properly came within his line , and knew little ...
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... ships will be frying the pitch off their decks , without a breath of air : when the wind does come it will come out at west , and bring us all four or five leagues dead to leeward ! " Clinch's experience had taught him the use- ful man ...
... ships will be frying the pitch off their decks , without a breath of air : when the wind does come it will come out at west , and bring us all four or five leagues dead to leeward ! " Clinch's experience had taught him the use- ful man ...
Common terms and phrases
Admiral Agata Amalfi answered Barrofaldi boat boatswain brave Campanella canvass Capri Captain Cuffe Captain Rule Carlo Giuntotardi carronades chase Clinch coast commander course craft crew deck duty Elba Elbans enemy English escape Etooelle eyes fancy feel felt felucca Feu-Follet fire first-lieutenant forecastle Foudroyant French frigate Ghita girl Griffin guns hand hauled heart heave honour hope hour Ischia islet Ithuel JACK O'LANTERN land Le Feu-Follet lieutenant light look lugger M'Bean master's-mate matter ment mind minutes Monsieur Yvard Nelson never night oars officers pardon passed Pintard podestà prisoner Proserpine Raoul Yvard render Ringdove rocks round ruins sail seaman seen sent ship shore side sight signal Signor Andrea Sir Frederick Dashwood Sir Smees soon Sorrento stand taffrail Terpsichore thee things thou tion truth vessel vice-governatore Vito Viti Winchester wind wing-and-wing wish xebec yawl Yelverton
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Page 188 - I fell asleep : but now lead on ; In me is no delay ; with thee to go, Is to stay here ; without thee here to stay, Is to go hence unwilling ; thou to me Art all things under heaven, all places thou, Who for my wilful crime art banish'd hence.
Page 214 - Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.