Vulgar words in Dick Cheveley - His Adventures and Misadventures (Page 1)
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Roger Riddle continues his story--Goes to sea as a man-o'-war's-man-- His voyages--The Mediterranean--Toulon--Chasing the enemy--Caught in a trap--A hard fight for it--Escape of the frigate--Corsica--Martello Bay--The tower and its gallant defenders--Its capture--Origin of its name--San Fiorenzo--Convention redoubt--What British tars can do-- Capture of the "Minerve"--The taking of Bastia--Nelson loses an eye--"Jackass" frigates--Toulon again--More fighting--The advantage of being small--Prepare to repel boarders--The colours nailed to the mast--The chase--Never despise your enemy--Teneriffe--Attack on Santa Cruz--Nelson loses his arm--Abandonment of the enterprise--What people call glory--The Hellespont--The captain steers his own ship--The island of Cerigotto--Breakers ahead--The ship strikes--The value of discipline--Their condition on the rock--The ship goes to pieces-- Their chances of escape--The gale--A brave captain--A false hope--The effects of drinking sea-water--Water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink--Reduced to extremities--They lose their brave captain and first lieutenant--They construct a raft--Cowardice of the Greek fishermen--The rescue of the survivors--Fresh adventures--The Dardanelles--Fire!--An awful spectacle--Destruction of the ship-- Reason to be thankful--A father's love--How they took a Spanish sloop-o'-war--The ruse and how it succeeded--Between two fires--Good and bad captains--Roger quits the navy--Becomes mate of a merchantman and retires on his laurels--His marriage and settlement--Our picnic breaks up.
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These small craft used to be called 'Jackass' frigates, but the 'Dido' showed that she was not a 'Jackass' at all events.
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We stood on till the 'Minerve' was on our weather beam, when we could see her squaring away her yards, and presently the breeze freshening, she bore down upon our little frigate with the evident intention of sinking us.