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The Flying Dutchman: A Legend of the High Seas

William Johnson Neale

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839 edition. Excerpt: ... receiving pardon, he offered to turn king's evidence, and bring forward such testimony as must convict the prisoner. The joy of the commodore on hearing this intelligence exceeded all bounds of decency. The man was immediately brought before himself and the first lieutenant, and his conditions being granted--for he was too cunning to utter a word till that important point was effected in his favour--his deposition was carefully taken down by the clerk, for fear of any accident happening to him on the way home, and himself placed under the charge of a sentry on the same deck with Ramsay. Being well treated, he was thus guarded from the otherwise dangerous scorn and wrath of the seamen, who, however they might view the act with which Ramsay was charged, still clearly considered the baseness of this miscreant as far exceeding it. What the evidence was that this person had tendered, and the commodore had so readily accepted, did not transpire; but thus much the clerk who took it down was permitted to assert, that not a doubt now remained, either as to Ramsay's guilt or punishment. Still the prisoner, as firmly as ever, maintained his entire innocence--still he racked his mind in vain to discover what could be the testimony which Pierson, above all others, could bring forward against him; and, though with dark forebodings as to the result of the trial, he looked forward with hope to the arrival of those friends for whom he had written; and, as in every other calamity which had of late fallen so rapidly and severely upon him, he presented an unsinking heart and unbroken courage to meet all. CHAPTER XXV. There's not a day whose opening beauty wakes The soul to rapture, but ere evening breaks Some heart, by poverty or grief laid low! The morning...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Flying Dutchman: A Legend of the High Seas. To get started finding The Flying Dutchman: A Legend of the High Seas, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839 edition. Excerpt: ... receiving pardon, he offered to turn king's evidence, and bring forward such testimony as must convict the prisoner. The joy of the commodore on hearing this intelligence exceeded all bounds of decency. The man was immediately brought before himself and the first lieutenant, and his conditions being granted--for he was too cunning to utter a word till that important point was effected in his favour--his deposition was carefully taken down by the clerk, for fear of any accident happening to him on the way home, and himself placed under the charge of a sentry on the same deck with Ramsay. Being well treated, he was thus guarded from the otherwise dangerous scorn and wrath of the seamen, who, however they might view the act with which Ramsay was charged, still clearly considered the baseness of this miscreant as far exceeding it. What the evidence was that this person had tendered, and the commodore had so readily accepted, did not transpire; but thus much the clerk who took it down was permitted to assert, that not a doubt now remained, either as to Ramsay's guilt or punishment. Still the prisoner, as firmly as ever, maintained his entire innocence--still he racked his mind in vain to discover what could be the testimony which Pierson, above all others, could bring forward against him; and, though with dark forebodings as to the result of the trial, he looked forward with hope to the arrival of those friends for whom he had written; and, as in every other calamity which had of late fallen so rapidly and severely upon him, he presented an unsinking heart and unbroken courage to meet all. CHAPTER XXV. There's not a day whose opening beauty wakes The soul to rapture, but ere evening breaks Some heart, by poverty or grief laid low! The morning...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Flying Dutchman: A Legend of the High Seas. To get started finding The Flying Dutchman: A Legend of the High Seas, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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