The Young Wrecker of the Florida Reef: Or, The Trials and Adventures of Fred RansomJames S. Claxton, successor to Wm. S. & Alfred Martien, no. 606 Chestnut Street, 1866 - 381 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 60
Page 11
... thought I. If I have no boys of my own to listen to the story of their father's life , the family of boys in the world is large enough to gratify my wish for hearers . I had often thought of writing it , but my intentions came to nought ...
... thought I. If I have no boys of my own to listen to the story of their father's life , the family of boys in the world is large enough to gratify my wish for hearers . I had often thought of writing it , but my intentions came to nought ...
Page 12
... thought , " to miss the rest . " I laughed aloud , as I exclaimed with delight , - " Why it is my own story . If it could be so interesting as a reminiscence , why would it not prove interest- ing to those who have never heard it ? My ...
... thought , " to miss the rest . " I laughed aloud , as I exclaimed with delight , - " Why it is my own story . If it could be so interesting as a reminiscence , why would it not prove interest- ing to those who have never heard it ? My ...
Page 14
... thought him obdurate . He represented to me , that my wish was nothing but a sense- less craving for excitement , and that if it were manfully resisted , it could be sub- dued , and that it was my duty to conquer it . All this he said ...
... thought him obdurate . He represented to me , that my wish was nothing but a sense- less craving for excitement , and that if it were manfully resisted , it could be sub- dued , and that it was my duty to conquer it . All this he said ...
Page 15
... thought it , that pre- vented me from seeing something of the world ; and which would probably sentence me to a life spent without ever visiting those scenes which I delighted to picture in my mind , Whether it was that I had a natural ...
... thought it , that pre- vented me from seeing something of the world ; and which would probably sentence me to a life spent without ever visiting those scenes which I delighted to picture in my mind , Whether it was that I had a natural ...
Page 20
... thought that was not loving and filial , or else I would not have been so sad . Late in the afternoon we returned to the city . My father parted from me kindly , saying , as I went towards my room , " You will think better of this , my ...
... thought that was not loving and filial , or else I would not have been so sad . Late in the afternoon we returned to the city . My father parted from me kindly , saying , as I went towards my room , " You will think better of this , my ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
aboard anchor animal beach berth Bill Ruggles boat boys Brady breeze cabin canoe Captain Bowers channel CHAPTER Cluzel commenced Conch coral course crew dark deck distance doctor edge father felt fish Florida Florida Keys Flying Cloud FRED RANSOM friends George GEORGE BOWERS glance go ashore grains Gulf Stream gunwale hand Hannibal hauled Havana head heard helm hour Indian Key inlet Jack Key Biscayne Key West land Linden looked main-land mangroves miles minutes morning never night o'clock oars once panther party passed pull quarter-boats reached replied rowed sail sailors sand Sand Key scene schooner seemed shark shell ship ship's shore shouted side sight soon steered stood switchel tain there's thing thought took turn turtle vessel Virginia Key waves wharf wind wood wreck wrecker yards
Popular passages
Page 74 - But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend, Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone...
Page 283 - Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay, Might stop a hole to keep the wind away.