The Red rover, by the author of The pilot, Volume 3 |
Common terms and phrases
aboard already answer boat boatswain bows breeze cabin calm canvass Captain Bignall Captain Heidegger Captain Howard chaplain character colours Commander companion continued Coriolanus countenance crew cruise cruiser dare Dart deck deep Dolphin ears enemy ensign exclaimed favour fear feelings flag flag of France followed forecastle freebooters gaze Gertrude give glance governess Guinea guns hand He'm head heard Heaven honest Honour hull humour instant interrupted iron storm knew Lacey Lady lieutenant lips look Madam manner mariner master Harry masts ment mind mother never nigher numbers ocean officer panion pinnace poop RED ROVER resumed returned the Rover Roderick sail scene seaman secret seen ship silent smile sounds spars speak spoke stay-sail stranger thought tion tones topman turned utter vessel voice Wilder wind words wreck Wyllys yonder younker
Popular passages
Page 49 - WHO is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins like a man ; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
Page 147 - Out of my grief and my impatience, Answer'd neglectingly I know not what, He should, or he should not; for he made me mad, To see him shine so brisk and smell so sweet...