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We Sweep Through The Deep, by Gordon Stables
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Title: As We Sweep Through The Deep
Author: Gordon Stables
Release Date: July 7, 2008 [EBook #25995]
Language: English
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[Illustration: "On the deck of a French man-o'-war." Page 186.]
AS WE SWEEP THROUGH THE DEEP
[Illustration: "The figure glided towards him." Page 66.]
T. NELSON AND SONS London, Edinburgh, and New York
AS WE SWEEP THROUGH THE DEEP
A Story of the Stirring Times of Old
BY DR. GORDON-STABLES, R.N., Author of "Hearts of Oak," &c.
T. NELSON AND SONS London, Edinburgh, and New York 1894
CONTENTS.
I. POOR JACK, 9 II. "HE NEVER SAID HE LOVED ME," 20 III. AN INTERRUPTED PROPOSAL, 27 IV. THE BATTLE AND THE BREEZE, 33 V. "NOW THIS GOOD BLADE SHALL BE MY BRIDE," 43 VI. A BOLT FROM THE BLUE, 54 VII. "WENT GLIDING AWAY LIKE A BEAUTIFUL GHOST," 61 VIII. ON BOARD THE SAUCY "TONNERAIRE," 70 IX. "A SPLENDID NIGHT'S WORK, TOM!" 78 X. IN THE MOON'S BRIGHT WAKE, 87 XI. THE PHANTOM FRENCHMAN, 94 XII. A BATTLE BY NIGHT, 10