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Page 42
... ship Coquette , he rolled his glance over the persons of his companions , suffering it to rest , a mo- ment , with a secret significance , on the steady eye of the burgher . " Well- " he continued , " the sloop answers for a floating ...
... ship Coquette , he rolled his glance over the persons of his companions , suffering it to rest , a mo- ment , with a secret significance , on the steady eye of the burgher . " Well- " he continued , " the sloop answers for a floating ...
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... ship of twenty guns , lay abreast of the hamlet on the shores of Stat . en Island , which was the destination of the ferry boat . Here was the usual anchorage of outward bound ships , which awaited a change of wind ; and it was here ...
... ship of twenty guns , lay abreast of the hamlet on the shores of Stat . en Island , which was the destination of the ferry boat . Here was the usual anchorage of outward bound ships , which awaited a change of wind ; and it was here ...
Page 47
... ship ? If the Queen knew how her money was eaten and drunk , by the idle knaves aboard her , she would send them all to hunt for freebooters among the islands . Look at the land , Alida , child , and you'll think no more of the fright ...
... ship ? If the Queen knew how her money was eaten and drunk , by the idle knaves aboard her , she would send them all to hunt for freebooters among the islands . Look at the land , Alida , child , and you'll think no more of the fright ...
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... ship through the straits eastward , it needs a Levan breeze to bring her out again . Her Majesty's pen- nants are long , and when they get foul around the limbs of a thoroughly - bred sea - dog , it passes all his art to clear the jam ...
... ship through the straits eastward , it needs a Levan breeze to bring her out again . Her Majesty's pen- nants are long , and when they get foul around the limbs of a thoroughly - bred sea - dog , it passes all his art to clear the jam ...
Page 58
... ship ? " " Certainement , Monsieur ; Mam'selle be too good to roll in de ship . " " Obliged to follow a husband , up and down ; among freebooters and dishonest traders ; in fair weather and foul ; hot and cold ; wet and dry ; bilge ...
... ship ? " " Certainement , Monsieur ; Mam'selle be too good to roll in de ship . " " Obliged to follow a husband , up and down ; among freebooters and dishonest traders ; in fair weather and foul ; hot and cold ; wet and dry ; bilge ...
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Alderman Van Beverout Alida answer appeared beautiful belle Bar belle Barbérie boat bowsprit breeze brigantine burgher cabin canvas Captain Ludlow character chase coast colony color commander companion Coquette countenance Cour des Fées Cove crew dark dealer in contraband deck duty Eudora favor François free-trader glance hand head heard hope hour island la belle Barbérie land less light light sails look lord Lust in Rust Mam'selle manner mariner Master Seadrift masts ment midshipman minutes mistress Monsieur movements Myndert nature never niece night observed ocean officer Oloff Van Staats opinions passed Patroon of Kinderhook periagua Queen Queen Anne returned rigging rogue royal cruiser sails seaman seemed seen ship shore Skimmer smile smuggler spars speak stood stranger taffrail Thomas Tiller thou thought Tiller tion trade troon truth Trysail uttered vessel visible voice watch Water-Witch wind wish yawl
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Page 66 - But methinks he should stand in fear of fire, being burnt i' the hand for stealing of sheep. [Aside. CADE. Be brave then ; for your captain is brave, and vows reformation. There shall be, in England, seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny : the threehooped pot shall have ten hoops ; and I will make it felony to drink small beer: all the realm shall be in common, and in Cheapside shall my palfrey go to grass.
Page 190 - Thou think'st It much to tread the ooze of the salt deep, And run upon the sharp wind of the north !" " I never dared to ask again. But what matters that ? They say the ground is rough and difficult to walk on ; that earthquakes shake it and make holes to swallow cities...
Page 25 - I am gone, sir, and anon, sir, I'll be with you again, In a trice, like to the old vice, Your need to sustain. Who with dagger of lath, in his rage and his wrath, Cries ah, ha ! to the devil. Like a mad lad, pare thy nails, dad, Adieu, goodman devil.
Page 191 - ... the sea-fowl, rocking in the storm* In breeze and gale, thy onward course we urge ; My Water-Queen ! Lady of mine ! More light and swift than thou, none thread the sea, With surer keel, or steadier on its path ; We brave each waste of ocean-mystery, And laugh to hear the howling tempest's wrath ! For we are thine ! My brigantine ! Trust to the mystic power that points thy way, Trust to the eye that pierces from afar, Trust the red meteors that around thee play, And fearless trust the sea-green...