An Ocean Free-lance: From a Privateersman's Log, 1812, Volume 2R. Bentley, 1881 |
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aboard aloft alongside answered apoplexy arms asked astern beautiful believe blue boat boatswain's pipe bodies breeze brig broke bulwarks cabin canvas Captain Monk Captain Shelvocke carronade Cawsand Cawsand Bay cheroot Chestree cigar clouds colour Corney crew cutlasses dance dark deck drunken English exclaimed Shelvocke eyes face feet fellow flashing foam fore-mast forecastle forward French Frenchmen frigate froth gale glanced glass green grog guns hand hatch head hear heaven heaving hour hull hurricane ladies lantern laugh light line-of-battle looked lugger Madison main-sail masts mate Miss Palmer monsieur never night Parell pinnace prisoners ratline rigging rolling round running rigging rushing sail sailor schooner seamen Shel Shelvocke's ship shouted side sight silver skylight smoke sparkling spars spray stay-sail stood suppose swell taffrail Tapping thought Tigress vessel vocke voice watch whilst wind wonder yardarm
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