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William Henry Giles Kingston. The Prime Minister
The Prime Minister
Table of Contents
W.H.G. Kingston "The Prime Minister"
Volume One—Chapter One
Volume One—Chapter Two
Volume One—Chapter Three
Volume One—Chapter Four
Volume One—Chapter Five
Volume One—Chapter Six
Volume One—Chapter Seven
Volume One—Chapter Eight
Volume One—Chapter Nine
Volume One—Chapter Ten
Volume One—Chapter Eleven
Volume One—Chapter Twelve
Volume Two—Chapter One
Volume Two—Chapter Two
Volume Two—Chapter Three
Volume Two—Chapter Four
Volume Two—Chapter Five
Volume Two—Chapter Six
Volume Two—Chapter Seven
Volume Two—Chapter Eight
Volume Two—Chapter Nine
Volume Two—Chapter Ten
Volume Two—Chapter Eleven
Volume Two—Chapter Twelve
Volume Two—Chapter Thirteen
Volume Two—Chapter Fourteen
Volume Two—Chapter Fifteen
Volume Two—Chapter Sixteen
Volume Two—Chapter Seventeen
Volume Two—Chapter Eighteen
Volume Two—Chapter Nineteen
Volume Two—Chapter Twenty
Volume Two—Chapter Twenty One
Volume Three—Chapter One
Volume Three—Chapter Two
Volume Three—Chapter Three
Volume Three—Chapter Four
Volume Three—Chapter Five
Volume Three—Chapter Six
Volume Three—Chapter Seven
Volume Three—Chapter Eight
Volume Three—Chapter Nine
Volume Three—Chapter Ten
Volume Three—Chapter Eleven
Volume Three—Chapter Twelve
Volume Three—Chapter Thirteen
Volume Three—Chapter Fourteen
Volume Three—Chapter Fifteen
Volume Three—Chapter Sixteen
Volume Three—Chapter Seventeen
Volume Three—Chapter Eighteen
Volume Three—Chapter Nineteen
Volume Three—Chapter Twenty
Volume Three—Chapter Twenty One
Volume Three—Chapter Twenty Two
Finis
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William Henry Giles Kingston
Published by Good Press, 2021
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It was yet some hours before dawn. The gale had rather increased than lessened in fury, the corvette, with all her canvass closely furled, was driving impetuously before it, the wind whistled and howled through the rigging; the waves, now rising in mountainous billows, dashed high in wild confusion, and, rolling towards her, seemed, with savage intent, about to overwhelm her; but, proudly holding her course, she rushed through them unharmed. At intervals, too, flashes of lightning darted from the overcharged clouds, lighting up the scene again to leave the mighty void in greater obscurity than before.
At a moment when the heavens had emitted a flash longer continued and brighter than usual, a loud cry from the look-out men ahead was heard. “A sail ahead! Starboard! hard-a-starboard! or we shall be into her!” was passed along the decks with startling rapidity, and there was scarce time for the vessel to answer the helm, before the lofty masts and spars of a ship were seen towering to the sky, so close on board them, that the corvette seemed to graze her yards, as they flew by her like lightning. The stranger seemed, by the glance they had of her, to be a large ship, hove to on the starboard tack, under a close reefed main-topsail.
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