A Tall Ship

A Tall Ship

A Tall Ship - On Other Naval OccasionsIt is almost superfluous to observe that the following sketches...
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Author: Bartimeus, 1886-1967
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Language: English
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A Tall Ship

A Tall Ship

Dhs. 18,217.25 Dhs. 17.06

A Tall Ship

Dhs. 18,217.25 Dhs. 17.06
Author: Bartimeus, 1886-1967
Format: eBook
Language: English

A Tall Ship - On Other Naval Occasions

It is almost superfluous to observe that the following sketches contain no attempt at the portrait of an individual. The majority are etched in with the ink of pure imagination. A few are "composite" sketches of a large number of originals with whom the Author has been shipmates in the past and whose friendship he is grateful to remember. Of these, some, alas! have finished "the long trick." To them, at no risk of breaking their quiet sleepAve atque vale. "Crab-Pots," "The Day," and "Chummy-Ships" appeared originally in Blackwood's Magazine, and are reproduced here by kind permission of the Editor. 1 In moments of crisis the disciplined human mind works as a thing detached, refusing to be hurried or flustered by outward circumstance. Time and its artificial divisions it does not acknowledge. It is concerned with preposterous details and with the ludicrous, and it is acutely solicitous of other people's welfare, whilst working at a speed mere electricity could never attain. Thus with James Thorogood, Lieutenant, Royal Navy, when hetogether with his bath, bedding, clothes, and scanty cabin furniture, revolver, first-aid outfit, and all the things that were hiswas precipitated through his cabin door across the aft-deck. The ship heeled violently, and the stunning sound of the explosion died away amid the uproar of men's voices along the mess-deck and the tinkle and clatter of broken crockery in the wardroom pantry. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 25749
Author: Bartimeus, 1886-1967
Release Date: Jun 10, 2008
Format: eBook
Language: English

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