Westward ho! Or, The voyages and adventures of sir Amyas Leigh, Volume 21855 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Adrian adventure Amyas Amyas's Annery answered arms asked Baltinglas better Bideford blood boat brave bridge Brimblecombe brother Cacique Captain Raleigh Cary Cary's crew cried culverin dare dear death devil Devon Don Guzman Don Sebastian Drake English Eustace eyes fair fear fellow fight fire flag of Spain Frank gentlemen Gilbert gold golden Golden Hind Guayra hand Hawkins head hear heard heart heaven honour Humphrey Gilbert Indians Ireland Irish Jack knew La Guayra Lady Grenvile land laugh Leger Leigh looked Lord Grey Madam Mangora Miranda mother never Newfoundland night noble Peru poor Queen quoth returned Richard Grenvile Robert Drew Rose Salterne round sail Señor shame ship shot shouted Sir Richard Sir Richard Grenvile Smerwick smile soldiers soul Spain Spaniard Spanish Spenser sword talk tell thee thou thought told Torridge turn voice Whereon
Popular passages
Page 275 - Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions. Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Page 148 - The spirits of your fathers Shall start from every wave! For the deck it was their field of fame, And ocean was their grave...
Page 11 - This night shall be the birthnight Of Christ, our heavenly King. His birth bed shall be neither In housen nor in hall, Nor in the place of paradise, But in the oxen's stall. He neither shall be rocked In silver nor in gold, But in the wooden manger That lieth on the mould.
Page 150 - Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him ? He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him : was not this to know me ? saith the LORD.
Page 349 - I must have the gentleman to haul and draw with the mariner, and the mariner with the gentleman.
Page 104 - LATE at e'en, drinking the wine, And ere they paid the lawing, They set a combat them between, To fight it in the dawing. O stay at hame, my noble lord ! " O stay at hame, my marrow! '' My cruel brother will you betray " On the dowie houms of Yarrow." " O fare ye weel, my ladye gaye ! " O fare ye weel, my Sarah ! " For I maun gae, though I ne'er return,
Page 316 - For seven hours to all men's view This fight endured sore, Until our men so feeble grew That they could fight no more ; And then upon dead horses Full savourly they eat, And drank the puddle water — They could no better get.
Page 254 - I'll tell you what, brother Frank, you are a great deal wiser than me, I know ; but I can't abide to see you turn up your nose as it were at God's good earth. See now, God made all these...
Page 158 - ... him, as all creatures will be commonly at a sudden gaze and sight of men. Thus he passed along turning his head to and fro, yawning and gaping wide, with...
Page 48 - All the vessels of his home, table, and kitchen were of gold and silver, and the meanest of silver and copper for strength and hardness of the metal. He had in his wardrobe hollow statues of gold which seemed giants, and the figures in proportion and bigness of all the beasts, birds, trees, and herbs that the earth bringeth forth, and of all the fishes that the sea or waters of his kingdom breedeth. He had also ropes, budgets, chests, and troughs of gold and silver, heaps of billets of gold, that...