Captains Courageous
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It was thick weather outside, with a rising wind. .. .T he nosing bows slapped and scuffled with the seas .F rontispiece Harvey ...,...- 3T hen a low, gray mother-wave swung out of the fog, tucked Harvey under one arm, so to speak, and pulled him off and away to leeward ...... 7H emust needs stand up to it, swaying with the sway of the tiatbottomed dory, and send a grinding, thuttering shriek thro...
MoreIt was thick weather outside, with a rising wind. .. .T he nosing bows slapped and scuffled with the seas .F rontispiece Harvey ...,...- 3T hen a low, gray mother-wave swung out of the fog, tucked Harvey under one arm, so to speak, and pulled him off and away to leeward ...... 7H emust needs stand up to it, swaying with the sway of the tiatbottomed dory, and send a grinding, thuttering shriek through the fog .. .. .. .11 Excuse! cried Harvey. Dyou suppose Id fall overboard into your dirty little boat for fun ?. .. -17 The We re Here .. ., .. 29 Ill lay my wage an share hes over a hundred .. -55 A few seconds later a hissing wave-top .. .smote Uncle Salters between the shoulders, and drenched him from head to foot. 63 For an hour Long Jack walked his prey up and down, teaching, as he said, things ivry .. .man must know, blind, dhrunk, or asleep .. .. .. .67 It was thick weather outside, with a rising wind. .. .T he nosing bows slapped and scuffled with the seas .. 79 Tis a concert, said Long Jack, beaming through the smoke. Areg lar Boston concert .. .. -85 They ran down to where A bishai scraft had vanished ;found two or three trawl-tubs, a gin-bottle, and a stove-in dory, but nothing more. .. .. ..99 A whiteness moved in the whiteness of the fog. ... It was his first introduction to the dread summer berg of the Banks .109 There were days of light airs, when Harvey was taught how to steer the schooner from one berth to another .
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