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Page 56
... tion has at some time existed among almost all peoples . 6. Corsair is but another name for a pirate . 7. A wassail - bout is a drinking bout , or carouse . As we the Berserk's tale Measured in cups of ale 56 THE SKELETON IN ARMOR.
... tion has at some time existed among almost all peoples . 6. Corsair is but another name for a pirate . 7. A wassail - bout is a drinking bout , or carouse . As we the Berserk's tale Measured in cups of ale 56 THE SKELETON IN ARMOR.
Page 88
... pirates who committed serious ravages upon the settlements in the West Indies and upon the mainland adjacent , and whose expeditions extended even to the coasts of Chili and Peru . These men were called buccaneers ; and the meaning of ...
... pirates who committed serious ravages upon the settlements in the West Indies and upon the mainland adjacent , and whose expeditions extended even to the coasts of Chili and Peru . These men were called buccaneers ; and the meaning of ...
Page 89
... pirates increased so in number , and grew so daring in their operations that it was necessary for all nations to unite in putting them down ; and by that time , the word buccaneer had come to mean pirate in its worst sense . From time ...
... pirates increased so in number , and grew so daring in their operations that it was necessary for all nations to unite in putting them down ; and by that time , the word buccaneer had come to mean pirate in its worst sense . From time ...
Page 91
... pirates after 1654 met on the island of Jamaica . The traders and planters of these islands and of others in the vicinity were not averse to having the buccaneers among them , for no sooner had the latter returned from a successful ...
... pirates after 1654 met on the island of Jamaica . The traders and planters of these islands and of others in the vicinity were not averse to having the buccaneers among them , for no sooner had the latter returned from a successful ...
Page 92
... pirates was made in 1688. After the latter date they gradually dispersed , and the buccaneers appeared no more . In 1664 , Mans- veldt , who was one of the ablest of the pirate chiefs , conceived the idea of forming an inde- pendent ...
... pirates was made in 1688. After the latter date they gradually dispersed , and the buccaneers appeared no more . In 1664 , Mans- veldt , who was one of the ablest of the pirate chiefs , conceived the idea of forming an inde- pendent ...
Contents
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Joseph Rodman Drake | 128 |
THE DISINHERITED KNIGHT UNSHEATHED HIS SWORD | 302 |
THE DISINHERITED KNIGHT CONFERS WITH THE SQUIRES | 317 |
HALF THE KNIGHTS WERE DISMOUNTED George Werveke | 325 |
Translated from Krummacher | 345 |
A DOG FIGHT George Werveke | 347 |
THIS WAS THE CLOSE George Werveke | 363 |
Latto | 370 |
UNDER THE OAK TREE Gertrude S Spaller | 376 |
George Werveke | 138 |
WITH A CHERRY TREE BETWEEN HIS ANTLERS George Werveke | 147 |
THE EAGLE CARRIED ME AWAY | 165 |
Gordon Stevenson | 177 |
Gordon Stevenson | 211 |
Gordon Stevenson | 225 |
More | 245 |
More | 259 |
SIR WALTER SCOTT Halftone | 264 |
ABBOTSFORD Halftone | 274 |
THE PROMISCUOUS MULTITUDE George Werveke | 283 |
CHILDHOOD Halftone Mary L Spoor | 382 |
WHITHER THOU GOEST I WILL GO Mary L Spoor | 399 |
RUTH Halftone Beatrice Braidwood | 406 |
THE WRITING ON THE WALL Janet L Scott | 410 |
SOHRAB AND RUSTEM | 412 |
SOHRAB AND RUSTUM Matthew Arnold | 430 |
SOHRAB AND RUSTUM Halftone Beatrice Braidwood | 432 |
PERANWISA GIVES SOHRABS CHALLENGE Beatrice Braidwood | 436 |
THE SPEAR RENT THE TOUGH PLATES Beatrice Braidwood | 449 |
RUSTUM SORROWS OVER SOHRAB Beatrice Braidwood | 463 |
THE POET AND THE PEASANT Emile Souvestre | 467 |
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Afrasiab armor arms army Arnold Athelstane beautiful Bella blow Boaz Bois-Guilbert boys brave Bruce buccaneers called Captain Morgan castle champion Clusium cried Disinherited Knight eagles English eyes face father fear fell fight fire ship friends hand Harris hath head heard heart honor horse housemaid's knee Inchcape Rock James Kaoos killed king ladies lance land Lars Porsena lists looked Lord master Matthew Arnold Moab Morgan morning mother Naomi never noble o'er Oxus Persian pirates poem Prince John Raksh river Robert the Bruce rock round Rowena Rustum sand seemed Seistan Shah Nameh shield ship shouts side sleep slogger Sohrab song soon spear spectators stood story sword Tartar tent thee things thou thought told Tom Brown took turned unto victory voice wagons wild words young