The Death Ship (Vol. 1-3)
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William Clark Russell. The Death Ship (Vol. 1-3)
The Death Ship (Vol. 1-3)
Table of Contents
Volume 1
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. I SAIL AS SECOND MATE IN THE SARACEN
CHAPTER II. WE MEET AND SPEAK THE LOVELY NANCY, SNOW
CHAPTER III. THE CAPTAIN AND I TALK OF THE DEATH SHIP
CHAPTER IV. WE ARE CHASED AND NEARLY CAPTURED
CHAPTER V. WE ARRIVE AT TABLE BAY AND PROCEED THENCE ON OUR VOYAGE
CHAPTER VI. THE CAPTAIN SPEAKS AGAIN OF THE DEATH SHIP
CHAPTER VII. I CONVERSE WITH THE SHIP'S CARPENTER ABOUT THE DEATH SHIP
CHAPTER VIII. A TRAGICAL DEATH
CHAPTER IX. MR. HALL HARANGUES THE CREW
CHAPTER X. WE DRAW CLOSE TO A STRANGE AND LUMINOUS SHIP
CHAPTER XI. A CRUEL DISASTER BEFALLS ME
CHAPTER XII. I AM RESCUED BY THE DEATH SHIP
CHAPTER XIII. WY ZYN AL VERDOMD
CHAPTER XIV. MY FIRST NIGHT IN THE DEATH SHIP
CHAPTER XV. I INSPECT THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
CHAPTER XVI. VANDERDECKEN SHOWS ME HIS PRESENT FOR LITTLE MARGARETHA
CHAPTER XVII. I TALK WITH MISS IMOGENE DUDLEY ABOUT THE DEATH SHIP
CHAPTER XVIII. THE DEATH SHIP MUST BE SLOW AT PLYING
CHAPTER XIX. I WITNESS THE CAPTAIN'S ENTRANCEMENT
CHAPTER XX. I HOLD A CONVERSATION WITH THE CREW
Volume 2
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. IMOGENE SAYS SHE WILL TRUST ME
CHAPTER II. VANDERDECKEN EXHIBITS SOME TREASURE
CHAPTER III. IMOGENE AND I ARE MUCH TOGETHER
CHAPTER IV. THE GALE BREAKS
CHAPTER V. THE DEATH SHIP'S FORECASTLE
CHAPTER VI. WE SIGHT A SHIP
CHAPTER VII. WE WATCH THE SHIP APPROACH US
CHAPTER VIII. THE CENTAUR FLIES FROM US
CHAPTER IX. CAPTAIN VANDERDECKEN WALKS IN HIS SLEEP
CHAPTER X. WE SIGHT A DISMASTED WRECK
CHAPTER XI. THE DEAD HELMSMAN
CHAPTER XII. THE DUTCH SAILORS BOARD THE WRECK
CHAPTER XIII. THE DUTCHMEN OBTAIN REFRESHMENTS
CHAPTER XIV. MY LIFE IS ATTEMPTED
CHAPTER XV. MY SWEETHEART'S JOY
Volume 3
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. WE TELL OUR LOVE AGAIN
CHAPTER II. WE SIGHT A SAIL
CHAPTER III. THE DEATH SHIP IS BOARDED BY A PIRATE
CHAPTER IV. MY LIFE IS AGAIN ATTEMPTED
CHAPTER V. A TEMPEST BURSTS UPON US
CHAPTER VI. WE SPRING A LEAK
CHAPTER VII. IMOGENE FEARS FOR ME
CHAPTER VIII. LAND
CHAPTER IX. WE BRING UP IN A BAY
CHAPTER X. THE WEATHER HELPS MY SCHEME
CHAPTER XI. MY POOR DARLING
CHAPTER XII. I AM ALONE
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William Clark Russell
A Strange Story
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"That's a shrewd view," said he, seemingly well-pleased. "But see here, my lad! our bodies are built to last three score and ten years. Some linger to an hundred; but so few beyond, that every month of continued being renders them more and more a sort of prodigies. As the end of a long life approaches—say a life of ninety years—there is such decay, such dry-rot, that the whole frame is but one remove from ashes. Now, suppose there should be men living who are known to be at least a hundred and fifty years old—nay, add an average of forty to each man and call them one hundred and ninety years old—but who yet exhibit no signs of mortality; would not you say that the bounds of Nature having been long since passed, their bodies are virtually corpses, imitating life by a semblance of soul that is properly the voice and possession of the Devil?"
"How about Methusaleh, and others of those ancient times?"
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