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Under the Meteor Flag: Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary WarUnder the Meteor Flag: Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary WarOn the 9th of March, 1793, his Britannic Majestys gun-brig Scourge weighed, and stood out to sea from the anchorage at Spithead, under single-reefed topsails, her commander having received orders to cruise...
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Harry Escombe: A Tale of Adventure in PeruHarry Escombe: A Tale of Adventure in PeruThe hour was noon, the month chill October; and the occupantsa round dozen in numberof Sir Philip Swinburnes drawing office were more or less busily pursuing their vocation of preparing drawings and tracings, taking out quantities, preparing...
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The Log of a PrivateersmanThe Log of a PrivateersmanThe French probably never did a more audacious thing than when, on the night of October 26th, 1804, a party of forty odd of them left the lugger Belle Marie hove-to in Weymouth Roads and pulled, with muffled oars, in...
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A Middy in Command: A Tale of the Slave SquadronA Middy in Command: A Tale of the Slave SquadronThe first faint pallor of the coming dawn was insidiously extending along the horizon ahead as H.M. gun-brig Sharkthe latest addition to the slave-squadronslowly surged ahead over the almost oil-smooth sea, under the influence of...
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Under the Chilian Flag: A Tale of War between Chili and PeruUnder the Chilian Flag: A Tale of War between Chili and PeruYou, Thompson, go down and send the second mate up to me. Tell him to leave whatever he is doing and to come up here at once. I want to speak to him,...
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The Congo Rovers: A Story of the Slave SquadronThe Congo Rovers: A Story of the Slave SquadronUm! ejaculated my father as he thoughtfully removed his double eye-glass from his nose with one hand, and with the other passed a letter to me across the breakfast-tableUm! this letter will interest you, Dick. It...
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The Adventures of Dick Maitland: A Tale of Unknown AfricaThe Adventures of Dick Maitland: A Tale of Unknown AfricaDoctor Julian Humphreys was spoken of by those who believed that they knew him best as an eccentric; because, being a physician and surgeon of quite unusual ability, he chosepossessing a small independence amounting to...
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The Strange Adventures of Eric BlackburnThe Strange Adventures of Eric BlackburnThe ship was the Saturn, of the well-known Planet Line of combined freight and passenger steamers trading between London, Cape Town, and Melbourne; and IEric Blackburn, aged a trifle over twenty-three yearswas her fourth officer. The Saturn was a...
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The Pirate SharkThe Pirate Shark CHAPTER I. "What's Tringanu?" CHAPTER II. Jerry Smith, Quartermaster CHAPTER III. Off for Tringanu CHAPTER IV. The Pirate Shark CHAPTER V. What Happened at Honolulu CHAPTER VI. The Far Seas CHAPTER VII. "Where's Peters?" CHAPTER VIII. Kuala Besut CHAPTER IX. The...
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The Master of the ShellThe Master of the ShellDear Railsford,I suppose this will catch you at Lucerne, on your way back to England. I was sorry to hear you had been seedy before you left London. Your trip is sure to have done you good, and if you...
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The Curlytops and Their Pets Or, Uncle Toby's Strange CollectionThe Curlytops and Their Pets; Or, Uncle Toby's Strange Collection"Oranges and lemons and pineapples," answered the little girl, who was playing with her brother at sailing boats in the brook that ran back of the house. "And maybe I'll have gold and diamonds and...
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Just PattyJust Patty"You should hear Mae Mertelle talk! She said her father was a financier, and wanted to know what mine was. I told her he was a reform judge, and that he spent his time putting financiers in prison. She says I'm an impertinent...
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The Willoughby CaptainsThe Willoughby CaptainsSomething unusual is happening at Willoughby. The Union Jack floats proudly over the old ivy-covered tower of the school, the schoolrooms are deserted, there is a band playing somewhere, a double row of carriages is drawn up round the large meadow (familiarly...
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Reginald CrudenReginald Cruden - A Tale of City LifeIt was a desperately hot day. There had been no day like it all the summer. Indeed, Squires, the head gardener at Garden Vale, positively asserted that there had been none like it since he had been...
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Roger Ingleton, MinorRoger Ingleton, MinorThe snow lay thick round Maxfield Manor. Though it had been falling scarcely an hour, it had already transfigured the dull old place from a gloomy pile of black and grey into a gleaming vision of white. It lodged in deep piles...
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A Dog with a Bad NameA Dog with a Bad NameBolsover, in fact, was a school which sadly needed two trifling reforms before it could be expected to do much good in the world. One was, that all its masters should be dismissed; the other was, that all its...
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The Cock-House at FellsgarthThe Cock-House at FellsgarthFirst-night at Fellsgarth was always a festive occasion. The holidays were over, and school had not yet begun. All day long, from remote quarters, fellows had been converging on the dear old place; and here they were at last, shoulder to...
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My Friend Smith: A Story of School and City LifeMy Friend Smith: A Story of School and City LifeAnd my uncle stood up, and taking a coat-tail under each arm, established himself upon the hearthrug, with his back to Mrs Hudson. That was always a sign there was no more to be said;...
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The Adventures of a Three-Guinea WatchThe Adventures of a Three-Guinea WatchI am old, and run down, and good for nothing now; but many a time do I find my thoughts wandering back to this far-off day; and remembering all that has befallen me since that eventful moment, I humbly...
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The Corner House Girls at SchoolThe Corner House Girls at School CHAPTER I. A Goat, Four Girls, and a Pig CHAPTER II. The White-headed Boy CHAPTER III. The Pig is Important CHAPTER IV. Neale O'Neil Gets Established CHAPTER V. Crackersand a Toothache CHAPTER VI. Agnes Loses Her Temper and...
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