Westward Ho!: Or, The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the County of Devon, in the Reign of Her Most Glorious Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, Band 1Macmillan, 1888 - 591 Seiten |
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Amyas Leigh Amyas's answered asked Ayacanora better Bideford blood boat brave Brimblecombe brother cacique called Campian Captain Cary Clovelly crew cried dare dead dear deck devil Devon Don Guzman Drake England English Eustace eyes face fair father fear fellow fight fire flag of Spain Francis Drake Frank gentlemen gold gone hand Hawkins head hear heard heart Heaven honour Indian Jack Jesuits John Oxenham knew La Guayra lady land laugh looked Lord Lucy maid matter mercy mind mother never night noble Northam once Oxenham Parracombe Parsons pinnace Plymouth poor queen quoth Raleigh Richard Grenvile Rose Salterne round sail Señor ship shouted silent Sir Richard Sir Richard Grenvile Smerwick smile soul Spain Spaniards Spanish stood sword talk tell thee thou thought told Torridge turned voice Whereon words young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 75 - And portance in my travel's history; Wherein of antres vast and deserts idle, Rough quarries, rocks, and hills whose heads touch heaven, It was my hint to speak, — such was the process: And of the Cannibals that each other eat, The Anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their shoulders.
Seite 330 - Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions. Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Seite 552 - The Spaniards had an army aboard them, and he had none; they had more ships than he had, and of higher building and charging; so that, had he entangled himself with those great and powerful vessels, he had greatly endangered this kingdom of England.
Seite 201 - ... a garden of pleasure in an island near Puna, where they went to recreate themselves when they would take the air of the sea, which had all kind of garden herbs, flowers, and trees of gold and silver of an invention and magnificence till then never seen.
Seite 315 - The Sun's rim dips; the stars rush out: At one stride comes the dark; With far-heard whisper, o'er the sea, Off shot the spectre-bark.
Seite 124 - Here die I, -Richard Green*' ville, with a joyful and quiet mind : for that I have '' ended my life as a true soldier ought to do, fighting for " his country, queen, religion, and honour. My soul " willingly departing from this body, leaving behind the " lasting fame of having behaved as every valiant soldier
Seite 1 - ... and rolling sand-hills, where Torridge joins her sister Taw, and both together flow quietly toward the broad surges of the bar, and the everlasting thunder of the long Atlantic swell.
Seite 396 - Death closes all: but something ere the end, Some work of noble note, may yet be done, Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.
Seite 213 - Do grow beneath their shoulders," to the boundless satisfaction of poor Rose's fancy, he took care to season his discourse with scraps of mercantile information, -which kept the old merchant always expectant and hankering for more , and made it worth his while to ask the Spaniard in again and again. And his stories, certainly, were worth hearing. He seemed to have been everywhere, and to have seen everything: born in Peru, and sent home to Spain at ten years old; brought up in Italy; a soldier in...