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Фредерик Марриет

Stuurman Flink; of, De schipbreuk van «De Vrede»EERSTE HOOFDSTUK. HET SCHIP DE VREDE. STUURMAN FLINKTWEEDE HOOFDSTUK. DE FAMILIE WILSONDERDE HOOFDSTUK. KAAP DE GOEDE HOOPVIERDE HOOFDSTUK. EEN STORM OP ZEEVIJFDE HOOFDSTUK. HET WRAKZESDE HOOFDSTUK. ALS HET WATER TOT DE LIPPEN KOMT, IS OOK VAAK UITK...

The Privateer's-Man, One hundred Years AgoFrederick Marryat The Privateer's-Man, One hundred Years Ago EXTRACTS FROM THE LOG OF A PRIVATEER’S-MAN CHAPTER I We cruise off Hispaniola—Capture a French Ship—Continue our Cruise—Make a Nocturnal Attack upon a Rich Planter’s Dwelling—Are repulsed with L...

ValerieFrederick Marryat Valerie Preface On August 10, 1845, Marryat wrote to Mrs S., a lady for whom, to the time of his death, he retained the highest sentiments of friendship and esteem:—“I really wish you would write your confessions, I will publish them. I have a beautiful opening in some me...

The Settlers in CanadaFrederick Marryat The Settlers in Canada BEE-HUNTING. P. 304.CHAPTER I It was in the year 1794, that an English family went out to settle in Canada. This province had been surrendered to us by the French, who first colonized it, more than thirty years previous to the year I ...

The Little SavageFrederick Marryat The Little Savage THIS IS FAIRY GOLD, BOY; AND 'T WILL PROVE SO. SHAKESPEAREINTRODUCTION There is a reference, in The Life and Letters of Captain Marryat by his daughter Florence Marryat, to "The Little Savage, only two chapters of the second volume of which wer...

Mr. Midshipman EasyFrederick Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy CHAPTER I Which the reader will find very easy to readMr Nicodemus Easy was a gentleman who lived down in Hampshire; he was a married man, and in very easy circumstances. Most couples find it very easy to have a family, but not always quite...

The Children of the New ForestFrederick Marryat The Children of the New Forest CHAPTER I The circumstances which I am about to relate to my juvenile readers took place in the year 1647. By referring to the history of England, of that date, they will find that King Charles the First, against whom ...

Olla PodridaFrederick Marryat Olla Podrida Chapter One April 3, 1835.Reader, did you ever feel in that peculiarly distressing state of mind in which one oppressing idea displaces or colours every other, absorbing, intermingling with, empoisoning, and, like the filth of the harpy, turning every th...

Japhet in Search of a FatherFrederick Marryat Japhet in Search of a Father Part 1—Chapter I Like most other Children, who should be my Godfather is decided by Mammon—So precocious as to make some Noise in the World, and be hung a few days after I was born—Cut down in Time, and produce a Scene of ...

The Poacher; Or, Joseph RushbrookFrederick Marryat The Poacher; Or, Joseph Rushbrook Chapter One In which there is more Ale than ArgumentIt was on a blusterous windy night in the early part of November, 1812, that three men were on the high road near to the little village of Grassford, in the sou...