The Handy Man Afloat & AshoreSmall, Maynard & Company, 1901 - 252 Seiten |
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... things , and a far better campaigner . He was certainly a better hand at knocking about big guns than any artilleryman in the United Kingdom . " He was always in good humour , and if you under- stood how to manage him , would do ...
... things , and a far better campaigner . He was certainly a better hand at knocking about big guns than any artilleryman in the United Kingdom . " He was always in good humour , and if you under- stood how to manage him , would do ...
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... thing apart from all our ordinary experience , his language is strange to us , we know him as we know the hero of a tale of England's glory , he is a type , a picture . make songs about him and cheer him as he marches along our streets ...
... thing apart from all our ordinary experience , his language is strange to us , we know him as we know the hero of a tale of England's glory , he is a type , a picture . make songs about him and cheer him as he marches along our streets ...
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... things have not come in my way , though I have had my narrow squeaks and curious experiences . My story will be an eminently " domestic " one , endeavouring to make my readers at home with the handy man in the pleasantly - varied life ...
... things have not come in my way , though I have had my narrow squeaks and curious experiences . My story will be an eminently " domestic " one , endeavouring to make my readers at home with the handy man in the pleasantly - varied life ...
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... things are all useful to the youngster who wants to make his way in the service . But it is just as well to have brains and energy behind them ! Another amusing instance of how completely Naval life is unknown to the average landsman is ...
... things are all useful to the youngster who wants to make his way in the service . But it is just as well to have brains and energy behind them ! Another amusing instance of how completely Naval life is unknown to the average landsman is ...
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... thing is strange to them . But everybody is kind to them , and there is always the prospect of coming over to the school in a short time to join in the happy round of school life and learn what it is to be a Greenwich boy . Let us now ...
... thing is strange to them . But everybody is kind to them , and there is always the prospect of coming over to the school in a short time to join in the happy round of school life and learn what it is to be a Greenwich boy . Let us now ...
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Seite 248 - A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast And fills the white and rustling sail And bends the gallant mast; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While like the eagle free Away the good ship flies and leaves Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle wind!
Seite 95 - An' dreamin' arl the time o' Plymouth Hoe. "Take my drum to England, hang et by the shore, Strike et when your powder's runnin' low; If the Dons sight Devon, I'll quit the port o' Heaven, An' drum them up the Channel as we drummed them long ago." Drake he's in his hammock till the great Armadas come, (Capten, art tha sleepin' there below?), Slung atween the round shot, listenin' for the drum, An' dreamin' arl the time o
Seite 96 - There's a far bell ringing At the setting of the sun, And a phantom voice is singing Of the great days done, There's a far bell ringing, And a phantom Voice is singing Of renown for ever clinging To the great days done.
Seite 96 - And the gunner's lads were singing As they polished every gun. It was eight bells ringing, And the gunner's lads were singing, For the ship she rode a-swinging, As they polished every gun. Oh ! to see the linstock lighting, Temeraire ! Temeraire ! Oh ! to hear the round, shot biting, Temeraire ! Temeraire ! Oh ! to see the linstock lighting, And to hear the round shot biting, For we're all in love with fighting On the Fighting Temeraire.
Seite 94 - Devon man, an' ruled the Devon seas, (Capten, art tha sleepin' there below?), Rovin' though his death fell, he went wi' heart at ease, An' dreamin' arl the time o' Plymouth Hoe. "Take my drum to England, hang et by the shore, Strike et when your powder's runnin' low; If the Dons sight Devon, I'll quit the port o' Heaven, An' drum them up the Channel as we drummed them long ago.
Seite 95 - The Fighting Temeraire IT was eight bells ringing, For the morning watch was done, And the gunner's lads were singing As they polished every gun. It was eight bells ringing, And the gunner's lads were singing, For the ship she rode a-swinging As they polished every gun. Oh! to see the linstock lighting, Temeraire!
Seite 76 - We'll rant and we'll roar like true British sailors, We'll rant and we'll roar across the salt seas, Until we strike soundings in the channel of old England; From Ushant to Scilly is thirty-five leagues.
Seite 95 - Call him on the deep sea, call him up the Sound, Call him when ye sail to meet the foe ; Where the old trade's plyin' an' the old flag flyin' They shall find him ware an" wakin', as they found him long ago.
Seite 94 - Drake he's in his hammock an' a thousand mile away, (Capten, art tha sleepin' there below?) Slung atween the round shot in Nombre Dios Bay, An' dreamin' arl the time o
Seite 84 - gainst every odds — and I've gained the victory. "Our captain sent for all of us; my merry men...