The Flying Dutchman: A Legend of the High SeasCarey & Hart, 1840 |
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... passing shadow of the marine sentinel who slowly paced to and fro . As the arrested officer gazed on the likeness of his mis- tress , contemplation of her expressive features appeared to diffuse fresh firmness through a bosom naturally ...
... passing shadow of the marine sentinel who slowly paced to and fro . As the arrested officer gazed on the likeness of his mis- tress , contemplation of her expressive features appeared to diffuse fresh firmness through a bosom naturally ...
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... passing shadow of the marine sentinel who slowly paced to and fro . As the arrested officer gazed on the likeness of his mistress , contemplation of her expressive features appeared to diffuse fresh firmness through a bosom naturally ...
... passing shadow of the marine sentinel who slowly paced to and fro . As the arrested officer gazed on the likeness of his mistress , contemplation of her expressive features appeared to diffuse fresh firmness through a bosom naturally ...
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... passed into the steerage , creeping in the dark beneath the sleepers who crowded in its space , and arrived at the after hatchway . 66 Macpherson , " said the officer , speaking in the lowest tones , " you once expressed gratitude for ...
... passed into the steerage , creeping in the dark beneath the sleepers who crowded in its space , and arrived at the after hatchway . 66 Macpherson , " said the officer , speaking in the lowest tones , " you once expressed gratitude for ...
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... passing along the channel- plates , laid hold of the spare main - topsail - yard . Trusting the weight of his body to the strength of his sinewy arms , he might now have been seen thus suspended over the calm waters , in whose ...
... passing along the channel- plates , laid hold of the spare main - topsail - yard . Trusting the weight of his body to the strength of his sinewy arms , he might now have been seen thus suspended over the calm waters , in whose ...
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... passed for the melancholy murmur of some sudden flaw of wind . Still no one came . What should he do ? -Every second that flew by , bore , as on the slenderest thread , the lives 12 THE FLYING DUTCHMAN . of himself and the poor THE ...
... passed for the melancholy murmur of some sudden flaw of wind . Still no one came . What should he do ? -Every second that flew by , bore , as on the slenderest thread , the lives 12 THE FLYING DUTCHMAN . of himself and the poor THE ...
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Alcibiades Angela appeared arms beheld boat boatswain boatswain's mate bosom brig cabin Captain Livingstone CHAPTER command corporal corporal's court-martial Cresswell crew cried danger daring dark death deck deep dread duty eyes fate father fear feeling fellow fire Flying Dutch Flying Dutchman forecastle frigate gale give gunroom guns hand happiness head heard heart Heaven Herbert Holdout hope horror hour island knew larboard leeward lieutenant lips looked maindeck marine marriage master master-at-arms midshipmen mind minutes morning Mustapha mutineers never night officers once passed prisoner quarter-deck Ramsay Ramsay's reefs remained replied returned round sail scarcely seamen seemed seen sentry ship ship's shipmates shore shot sight Sneak soon sound stood sudden suddenly surgeon thought tion topman topsails turned utmost utter voice watch wave wind windward word wounded yardarm
Popular passages
Page 59 - I'll forgive your Highland chief, My daughter ! — oh my daughter...
Page 157 - The spirits of your fathers Shall start from every wave! For the deck it was their field of fame, And ocean was their grave...
Page 27 - His cloister'd flight; ere to black Hecate's summons The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums Hath rung night's yawning peal, there shall be done A deed of dreadful note.
Page 67 - Where is the man who has the power and skill To stem the torrent of a woman's will ? For if she will, she will, you may depend on 't ; And if she won't, she won't ; so there 's an end on 't.
Page 127 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Page 145 - BOOK IS NOT RETURNED TO THE I.IBRARY ON OR BEFORE THE I.AST DATE STAMPED BEI.OW. NON-RECEIPT OF OVERDUE NOTICES DOES NOT EXEMPT THE BORROWER FROM OVERDUE FEES.
Page 26 - ... his name, A little playful thing was she ; How proud we were, — yet that night came The tale how he had sunk at sea. My mother never raised her head ; How strange, how white, how cold she grew ! It was a broken heart they said — I wish our hearts were broken too. We have no home — we have no friends, They said our home no more was ours ; Our cottage where the ash-tree bends, The garden we had filled with flowers.
Page 17 - Acre he remained, happily for him, insensible until the fbflowing morning. Even the rude hearts of those now bent over him, accustomed as they were to scenes of tyranny and oppression, could not subdue the emotions of pity and remorse that arose within them, as they beheld the condition of a gentleman to whom, but a short time since, every one looked up with respect. " A sad business !" muttered the sergeant, as he bent over Ramsay's body, and threw the light of his lantern in his face.