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...w you are fond of your cousin. He has a prestigious career in the East India Company and will be able to give you, materially, all that I could not.... ...y, Captain White had a jocular personality and as Helen was soon to discover, he was a first-rate seaman. His bright, brown eyes above a full, bushy... ...they not have to observe strict purdah?’ enquired Helen, surprised that even these women had been able to assess the charms of her fiancé. ‘Well, a... ...arewell to Helen. ‘Well, Helen, this is where we must say “au revoir”. Unfortunately we won’t be able to accompany you any further, as protocol dema... ...saw her husband. With dangerous sorties, sentry and other duties all the men - officers and other ranks - were preparing for the inevitable assault.... ...eavy fire from the ramparts showered the oncoming hoards, cutting murderous swathes through their ranks, but still they came. Helen sort out Rosita ... ...Blankenhagen 330 pipers sounding the Highland Charge, brought tears of joy to the besieged. The ranks of mutineers, too astonished to turn their gu...

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..., or about 730 years after the deluge, as Forster says, though I have not been able to find any corroborative evidence that Moses was a part of any ex... ...art of any expedition sent out by Sesostris. While the best proofs that we are able to recover from history give the, Phoenicians the credit of being ... ...the true cause of the tides, nor was such expectation disappointed. He was not able to find the tin mines of Britain; but continuing his voyage northw... ... it is more than probable that some of the hardy spirits joined the Crusaders' ranks, leaving their Vinland Home to fight for the Holy Sepulchre. The ... ...rinning from her ports, a skeleton captain walking her bridge, the corpse of a seaman on the lookout, and a ghost taking his trick at the wheel. She i... ..., by name Bernard Fokke, of the seventeenth century. He was a reckless, daring seaman who, that he might carry the more sail in a high wind, cased his... ... he has still to go. Every rock in the ocean is laid down on the maps, and the seaman knows exactly what course to take to secure the safety of his ve... ...possessed regular institutes of religion, and which preserving distinctions of rank were measurably civilized, recognized social bonds, practised agri... ...aders, who opened a fire with muskets, and cannons that tore great gaps in the ranks of the Indians, and was followed by a slaughter that has few para...

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...aring his troubled breathing, seeing his torn and disheveled clothes, his rank beard, and knowing he was ill. I remembered the dream, the ship with ... ... her eyes. And it oc- curred to me that Alcaeus and I would never again be able to exchange notes, those hasty, affectionate scribbles. Would he ever... ...slope, what it is that Alcaeus hopes to find, a new life? I shall not be able to sleep indoors tonight. My bed will have to be under the trees. Per... ...eath the trees...all day alone. I have hated loneliness and yet I must be able to rest and get away from responsibilities, to welcome the gods of tr... ... used to light his way to freedom.” P His flames and heat are fuel For seaman’s muscles, his sea eyes, SAPPHO’S JOURNAL 129 Devil of la... ...figure, grey-haired, grey-faced, palsied. He understood my rebellion, the rankling perturbations of my life. “I’m a Greek,” he said. “I realize your... ...t best of all we stole happiness, books in running brooks. She married a seaman and lives in London: I warrant you there are eight chil- dren, a hap... ... my play forgotten, the lamp burning, burning, burning... Screaming, a seaman plunged from our topgallant, to die on deck while we were outrunnin... ...enerals, Tad. I salute the officers but take off my hat to the men in the ranks. They are the great men. There are no victors—not if there is heart ...

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...823 How these hidden undead things commit their evil Pg 1825 The Killing of Able by Cain Pg 1827 Undead Spirits in Anthropology and Religion Pg ... ... and around her and through her an infinite number of times, Formlessness was able to catch her breath a bit and slow down... but not for long. Im... ...ness. Energy, Space, and Time In order for Energy to exist: it must be able to move through Space. In order for it to move through Space: the... ...to power… until either a team of competent executives is found from the lowest ranks of workers at that THE PATH OF SPLITNESS Chapter Six A: Civili... ...atives did not have firearms. It showed how the murderers hidden inside their ranks used the rat poison called rats bane on their own crew and settl... ...asting themselves as victims. Millions of people leave their own culture’s ranks and thrive in other cultures as French, or Arabs, or Spaniards, ... ... Nature: into a Human hell. But where was Able? The most able-bodied English seaman ever to have sailed the seven seas. He was on the other side o... ...finding excuses to get away with his crimes: it was Abel, the most able-bodied seaman in the English Navy who was forced to make excuses for the mism... ...ed the multitudes of poor cheaply at no cost. If Christian had been a better seaman, and a better human being: there would have been no mutiny in th...

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...m, totting up a debit sheet far larger than Morgan could ever imagine being able to pay. “How are you figuring the value of the Box?” Morgan asked ... ...e.” She swallowed the hot tea too quickly. Her voice gurgled when she was able to speak. “But— but that can’t be. You were married.” “And now,... ...me in all this. If you’ll direct us to Mr. Connolly’s address, we might be able to arrive in time to spare him from the machinations of this Gable w... ...atched Louise’s eyes warm and moisten as she spoke of her fiancé, a merchant seaman, and the long lonely months she was learning to endure as she mus... ...ou’ve never had openin’ night jitters in your life.” “I’ve never dressed a rank amateur before, either,” she said. “Five minutes! Five minutes,” ...

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... appointment of the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, and other Cabinet-rank ministers and defined the powers of the President National holiday: ... ...estment, 5.9% directors and business managers (1979) Organized labor: Global Seaman's Union; Cayman All Trade Union Government Official name: Cayman I... ...or National Redressment (CMRN) to deter- mine government policy; the highest ranking CMRN member became Presi- dent, with other CMRN assuming most Cab... ...e Youth Organization, militant wing of the PPP) include many Communists, but rank and file is conservative and non-Communist; small but unknown number... ...reedom Movement, Mehdi Bazargan Voting strength: reliable figures not avail- able; supporters of the Islamic Republic dominate the parliament Communis... ... and climate promote landslides Special notes: controls most easily travers- able land route between Balkans and western USSR Population: 22,936,503 (... ...nist parties, including the SKP, for which membership figures are not avail- able; in the 1985 elections, these parties obtained an additional 16,000 ...

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...Excerpt: Landfall and departure mark the rhythmical swing of a seaman?s life and of a ship?s career. From land to land is the most concise definition of a ship?s earthly fate. A ?Departure? is not what a vain people of landsmen may think. The term ?Landfall? is more easily understood; yo...

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...e Frankeleyn’s Tale L ANDFALL AND DEPARTURE mark the rhythmical swing of a seaman’s life and of a ship’s ca reer. From land to land is the most concis... ...tter personal to the man. It is not the ship that takes her departure; the seaman takes his Departure by means of cross-bearings which fix the place o... ...factory amount of trust in their officers, and to be trusted displeases no seaman worthy of the name. On my first voyage as chief mate with good Cap- ... ...the land, the spirit of the ship’s commander is tormented by an unconquer- able restlessness. It seems unable to abide for many seconds together in th... ...a point of perfection in a ship as a worker when she is spoken of as being able to sail without ballast. I have never met that sort of para- gon mysel... ... if he is not going to sail in her himself. The risk of advertising her as able to sail without ballast is not great, since the statement does not imp... ...nd meantime the outward-bound ships passed, running through our humiliated ranks under all the canvas they could show. It is my idea that the East- er... ...uld see one of the loaded ships with battened-down hatches drop out of the ranks and float in the clear space of the dock, held by lines dark and slen... ...nt fig- ure-heads that in the late seventies used to overhang in a serried rank the muddy pavement by the side of 111 Joseph Conrad the New South Doc...

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...people.” The Editor then, after expressing his regret that he had not been able to come, wanted to know if the party had been entertaining. Renouard r... ...use. Willie is stupid sometimes. For it is clear that you are the last man able to help.” “How on earth do I come to be mixed up in this—whatever it i... ...e turned malignant all at once, and in a bibulous tone surprising in a man able to keep his balance so well— “Aha! But you haven’t got him here—not ye... ...standing wide open, no sight of a human being anywhere, the plants growing rank and tall on the deserted fields. For hours the Editor and the schooner... ...ou? “Our Mr. Stafford takes it all in with downcast eyes… I am a competent seaman, he says, with his sly, modest air. A ship’s chief mate has no doubt... ...youngster on joining the service was put under the charge of a trustworthy seaman, who slung his first hammock for him and often later on became a sor... ...over then that, no Spaniard being forthcoming for the service, this worthy seaman with the unique pigtail and a very high character for courage and st... ...heir heads when they took leave of each other, and their sur- roundings of rank bushes and stony fields were dreary. “In four days’ time,” were Byrne’...

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... chastisement without a word or cry, for blows were the lot of boys of all ranks, and were dealt out without much respect to justice; and he also had ... ...bury. “Pardon me, madam, my Countess will attend you.” The Countess’s high rank and great power were impressive to the Baroness of Whitburn, who bent ... ...to a kind and holy dame who will, I trust, with the blessing of Heaven, be able to heal thee better than we have done.” “Oh, lady, lady, do not send m... ...to talk to her. “You will soon be better,” she said, “and then you will be able to play in the garden.” “Is there any playfellow for me?” asked Grisel... ...king a walk in the trim garden and orchard, and by and by being pronounced able to join the other girl scholars of the con- vent. Only here was the fi... ...enger could reach him. Indeed, the belief in sorcery was universal, and no rank was exempt from the danger of the accusation. Thora’s treachery was sp... ...ow not the name—and laid hands on a fisher’s smack, which Jock of Hull was seaman enough to steer with the aid of the lad on board, as far as Frieslan...

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...e taken down shall be scratched out. I have the great misfortune not to be able to read and write, and I am speaking my true and faithful account of t... ...ne with the least to say for himself. I qualify it, because, besides being able to read and write like a Quarter-master, he had always one most excell... ...e me. “Here you are,” I thought to myself, “good scholars and good livers; able to read what you like, able to write what you like, able to eat and dr... ...and I drew “Island.” So did Tom Packer. So of course, did four more of our rank and file. When this was settled, verbal instructions were given to all... ...his voice; and we made good way, and with little noise. There was always a seaman forward on the raft, keeping a bright look-out. Suddenly, in the ful... ...oat, Captain Maryon, brave and bold. At the helm of the third boat, an old seaman, with determination carved into his watchful face, like the figure-h... ...ptain—with the women and children clustering round him, and the men of all ranks grouped outside them, and all listening—stood telling how the Expedit... ...” says Lieutenant Linderwood. “Stand out, my friend!” I stood out from the ranks, and Miss Maryon and Captain Carton came up to me. “Dear Davis,” says...

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...e the book and the hero of it, as things altogether base, unworthy, laugh- able, and get a novel, or a game of billiards, or a pipe of tobacco, or the... ...ght and the militia on the left. The cor- tege advanced slowly between two ranks of soldiers to the sound of a funeral march, while the cannons of the... ...of the mizzen-mast. The coffin, carried by our sailors, passed between two ranks of officers with drawn swords, and was placed on the quarter-deck. Th... ...d. I doubt, to be sure, whether the severe tenue du bord requires that the seaman should be always fur- nished with those ferocious weapons, which in ... ...but you see that to discuss such a period of time would demand a consider- able number of pages, and for the present we will avoid the examination of ... ...t, to BE one—to come of an old stock, to have an honorable pedigree, to be able to say that cen- turies back our fathers had gentle blood, and to us t... ... and as we saw it (by peering over the heads of our neighbors in the front rank), it looked, in the midst of the black concave, and under the effect o...

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...inarily occupy that position in regard to social influence which could en- able them rapidly to diffuse the knowledge of a writer. A reader whose soci... ...es which palsy him, that he cannot deal with them effectually . If he were able really to pierce the haze which so often envelops, even to himself, hi... ...e measured by two separate questions. A. What is the problem, and of what rank in dignity or in use, which the essay undertakes? And next, that point... ...by me as a sufficient ground for writing upon it, unless I believed myself able to offer some considerable nov- elty. Generally I claim (not arrogantl... ... far higher class of compositions included in the American col- lection, I rank The Confessions of an Opium Eater, and also (but more emphatically) th... ...hardly prevent the reader from re- ceiving an impression as of some higher rank than did really 18 Thomas de Quincey belong to my family. And this im... ...ate branches of his 271 Autobiographic Sketches profession—navigation and seamanship, qualifications which are not very often united. After the death... ...a character to maintain with the sailors: he was respected equally for his seamanship and his shipmanship. 6 By the way, when it is considered that o... ...anish shipping and maritime towns was that which I have here retained. 6 “Seamanship and shipmanship”—These are two functions of a sailor seldom, sep...

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... passage window.’ I could only utter a vain wish that I had been there and able to fight for him, and I attacked Griff on the subject on the first opp... ...s. One evening we were treated to a box at the pan- tomime, and even I was able to go to it. We put our young sailor and our sister in the forefront, ... ...d though the consequence and importance de- rived from being raised to the ranks of the Squirearchy were agreeable, they were a dear purchase at the c... ...he loss of intercourse with the acquaintance whom separation raised to the rank of intimate friends, even her misgivings as to butchers, bak- ers, and... ...e been very handsome if two side-lights had not been obscured by the two T ables of the Law, with the royal arms on the top of the first table, and ov... ... haunted houses. And at home my father forbade any further mention of such rank folly and deception. The inner mullion chamber was turned into a lumbe... ...s cramped life, and the scowls of his fellows; and he knew himself to have seaman- ship enough to rise quickly, even if he could not secure a mate’s b...

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...f the man was unmistakable. Some months before he had been missed from the ranks of Republican troops after one of the many skirmishes which preceded ... ...ordered, to- gether with some other captured rebels, to march in the front rank of the Royal troops. A musket had been thrust into his hands. He had t... ...e sergeant, tightening his grip upon the stick he carried in virtue of his rank, executed this order with alacrity and zeal. He hit Gaspar Ruiz, whose... ...r, General Santierra, the venerable relic of revolutionary times, was well able to remem- ber the feelings of the young lieutenant. Since he had given... ...d without looking at me. That and the moving of his lips was all he seemed able to manage in his overloaded state. And when I turned round, this head,... ...aking sure of that strong man’s death, as if a powerful physique were more able to resist the bullets. For the sergeant had no doubt that Gaspar Ruiz ... ...ng with any of her damned tricks. “He gave me a regular lecture on special seaman- ship for the use of the Apse Family; then changing his tone, he beg... ... her Charley was all right. It took more than that ship knew to get over a seaman like Char- ley. And she agreed with me. “Next day we got the tug off... ...hich side of the gulf the ship was. He wasn’t a good officer, but he was a seaman all the same. He pulled himself together in a second, and the right ...

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...own, Sir!” roared the Lieutenant, instantly assuming all the rigour of his rank, though with difficulty repress- ing a smile. To be sure, Billy’s acti... ...ts. Aboard the Indomitable our merchant-sailor was forth- with rated as an able-seaman and assigned to the star- board watch of the fore-top. He was s... ...board the Indomitable our merchant-sailor was forth- with rated as an able-seaman and assigned to the star- board watch of the fore-top. He was soon a... ...tered fleet to an- chor, a proceeding which might have averted the deplor- able loss of life by shipwreck in the elemental tempest that followed the m... ... 19 Herman Melville it lurkingly survived them. Hence it was not unreason- able to apprehend some return of trouble, sporadic or general. One instance... ...d at all times not call- ing for pronounced action, and which shown in any rank of life suggests a virtue aristocratic in kind. As with some others en... ...ptain from another Vere his senior, a distant relative, an officer of like rank in the navy, it remained permanently attached to the surname. Chapter ... ...r Horatio” (meaning him with the Lord title) “is at bottom scarce a better seaman or fighter. But between you and me now, don’t you think there is a q... ...ing knowledge and ability in addition to those quali- ties implied in good seamanship. It was on an expedition of the latter sort, a somewhat distant ...

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...te has sent her bravest to the war, And multitudes pressed forward to that rank, Men with sad weeping wives and little ones. That other name—O Father!... ...mong the ruins grey, And like a phantom in fantastic play She wanders with rank weeds stuck on her brow, Over grass-hidden caves and turret-tops, Hers... ...m the bump of wonder: That’s my business, and there’s my tale. Fashion and rank all praised the professor: Ay! and I’ve had my smile from the Queen: B... ...d sew, I needn’t pay half my victuals for you. A man for himself should be able to scratch, But tickling’s a luxury:—love, indeed! Love burns as long ... ...ore than we. XXVII —So push you out of harbour in small craft, With little seamanship; and comes a gale, The world will laugh, the world has often lau... ... for the historic word on Wrecks. 407 TRAFALGAR DAY He leads: we hear our Seaman’s call In the roll of battles won; For he is Britain’s Admiral Till ... ...k; and must we fight, Our Nelson be our battle-cry! He leads: we hear our Seaman’s call In the roll of battles won; For he is Britain’s Admiral Till ...

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...was nothing that looked half so nautical. He resembled a pilot, which to a seaman is trustworthiness personified. It was difficult to realize his work... ...hat could be said of him was that he did not represent his class. He was a seaman, but he was a wan- derer, too, while most seamen lead, if one may so... ...by a slightly disdainful igno- rance; for there is nothing mysterious to a seaman unless it be the sea itself, which is the mistress of his existence ... ...creek. The moon had spread over everything a thin layer of silver—over the rank grass, over the mud, upon the wall of matted vegetation standing highe... ...olid friendship. “I started the lame engine ahead. ‘It must be this miser- able trader—this intruder,’ exclaimed the manager, look- ing back malevolen... ... of the bottom, we would be absolutely in the air—in space. We wouldn’t be able to tell where we were going to—whether up or down stream, or across — ... ...k heavily overgrown with bushes. Above the bush the trees stood in serried ranks. The twigs over- hung the current thickly, and from distance to dista... ...d altogether bewil- dering. He was an insoluble problem. It was inconceiv- able how he had existed, how he had succeeded in getting so far, how he had... ...errible tail and breathing black smoke into the air. In front of the first rank, along the river, three men, plastered with bright red earth from head...

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...s and by the con- sistent narrowness of his outlook. But I have never been able to love what was not lovable or hate what was not hateful out of defer... ...ad been a very excellent master. And what greater kindness can one do to a seaman than to put him in the way of employment? Captain Froud did not see ... ...certain special advantages—and so on. I told him that if I came at all the rank really did not matter. “I am sure,” he insisted, “you will get on firs... ... myself, as if already the story-teller were being born into the body of a seaman. But I heard on deck the whistle of the officer of the watch and rem... ...osphere of peace and content which only those who can love unselfishly are able to evoke. Y our mother—of far greater beauty, ex- ceptionally distingu... ...lone. The modest, lovable qualities of the youngest sister he did not seem able to see. It was I who felt most profoundly this unexpected stroke of de... ...first-rate tactical instrument. Polish peasantry (not serfs) served in the ranks by enlistment, and the officers belonged mainly to the smaller nobili... ...o enter the Russian army, he was retired with only half the pension of his rank. His nephew (my uncle and guard- ian) told me that the first lasting i... ...rs does not make a literary man, any more than the love of the sea makes a seaman. And it is very possible, too, that I love the letters in the same w...

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...s and by the consistent narrowness of his out- look. But I have never been able to love what was not lovable or hate what was not hateful, out of def-... ...ad been a very excellent master. And what greater kindness can one do to a seaman than to put him in the way of employment? Captain Froud did not see ... ...certain special advantages—and so on. I told him that if I came at all the rank really did not matter. 19 Joseph Conrad “I am sure,” he insisted, “yo... ...vidence; because a good many of my other properties, infinitely more valu- able and useful to me, remained behind through unfortunate accidents of tra... ... myself, as if already the story-teller were being born into the body of a seaman. But I heard on deck the whistle of the officer of the watch and re-... ...phere of peace and content which only those who can love unself- ishly are able to evoke. Your mother—of far greater beauty, exceptionally distinguish... ...first-rate tactical instrument. Polish peasantry (not serfs) served in the ranks by enlist- ment, and the officers belonged mainly to the smaller nobi... ...to enter the Russian Army he was retired with only half the pension of his rank. His nephew (my uncle and guardian) told me that the first lasting imp... ... does not make a liter- ary man, any more than the love of the sea makes a seaman. And it is very possible, too, that I love the letters in the same w...