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The Gentleman: A Romance of the Sea

The Gentleman: A Romance of the Sea

by Alfred Ollivant

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Author
Ollivant, Alfred, 1874-1927
Credits
Produced by Suzanne Shell, William Flis, Jerry Fairbanks, Mary Musser, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
Sea stories
Category
Text
eBook-No.
8396
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8396
Release Date
June 1, 2005
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE GENTLEMAN A ROMANCE OF THE SEA — BY ALFRED OLLIVANT — TO THE NAVY
  2. 2.CONTENTS — JULY 1805 — BOOK I THE LITTLE TREMENDOUS — I THE DEATH OF BLACK DIAMOND — II MAGNIFICENT ARRY — III UNDER THE CLIFF — BOOK II — II THE MAN ON THE CLIFF — III ABERCROMBY'S BLACK COCK — IV THE GARRISON — V THE BOARDING OF THE PRIVATEER — BOOK III FORT FLINT — I BESIEGED — II THE SALLY — III THE SHADOW OF THE WOMAN — IV THE GENTLEMAN'S LAST CARD — V THE FORLORN HOPE — BOOK IV NELSON — I H.M.S. MEDUSA — II KNAPP'S STORY — III THE WISH AT EVENING
  3. 3.OUR SEA
  4. 4.JULY 1805
  5. 5.BOOK I
  6. 6.I
  7. 7.CHAPTER I — THE MAN ON THE GREY
  8. 8.CHAPTER II — THE GALLOPING GENT — I — II — III — IV
  9. 9.CHAPTER III — THE GUNNER OF THE SLOOP
  10. 10.CHAPTER IV — OLD DING-DONG
  11. 11.CHAPTER V — REUBEN BONIFACE'S STORY — I — II — III — IV — V
  12. 12.CHAPTER VI — THE LUGGER KITE — I — II — III — IV
  13. 13.CHAPTER VII — THE MAN IN THE LUGGER — I — II
  14. 14.CHAPTER VIII — THE SCENT-BOTTLE — I — II — III
  15. 15.II
  16. 16.CHAPTER IX — THE TWO PRIVATEERS — I — II — III
  17. 17.CHAPTER X — THE MAIN-DECK
  18. 18.CHAPTER XI — COMMODORE MOUCHE
  19. 19.CHAPTER XII — BOARDERS — I — II — III — IV
  20. 20.CHAPTER XIII — AFTER THE FIGHT — I — II — III — IV — V
  21. 21.III
  22. 22.CHAPTER XIV — SUNDAY EVENING
  23. 23.CHAPTER XV — THE VOICE FROM THE POWDER-MAGAZINE — I — II
  24. 24.CHAPTER XVI — MAGNIFICENT ARRY GOES ALOFT
  25. 25.CHAPTER XVII — THE GRAVE OF THE LITTLE TREMENDOUS — I — II
  26. 26.CHAPTER XVIII — OLD DING-DONG'S REVENGE
  27. 27.CHAPTER XIX — OLD DING-DONG HOMEWARD-BOUND — BOOK II — I
  28. 28.CHAPTER XX — THE LAST OF A BRITISH SEAMAN — I — II — III
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXI — KIT STARTS ON HIS MISSION
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXII
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXIII — THE CLIMB — I — II — III
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXIV — THE CLIMB — I — II
  33. 33.II
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXV — THE GENTLEMAN BOWS — I — II
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXVI — THE DEAD WOMAN — I — II — III
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXVII — THE HOLLOW IN THE COOMBE
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXVIII — ON THE TOP OF THE WORLD — I — II — III
  38. 38.III
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXIX — THE FLAG OF HIS COUNTRY — I — II — III — IV
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXX — AN OLD SONG — I — II — III
  41. 41.CHAPTER XXXI — THE MAN WITH THE SWORD — I — II — III
  42. 42.CHAPTER XXXII — THE BROKEN SQUARE — II
  43. 43.CHAPTER XXXIII — FIGHTING FITZ
  44. 44.CHAPTER XXXIV — THE FACE ON THE WALL
  45. 45.IV
  46. 46.CHAPTER XXXV — THE SOLDIER'S MOTHER
  47. 47.CHAPTER XXXVI — THE FIGHTING MAN
  48. 48.CHAPTER XXXVII — THE SAINT
  49. 49.CHAPTER XXXVIII — THE SIMPLETON
  50. 50.CHAPTER XXXIX — THE FLAP OF A FLAG
  51. 51.CHAPTER XL — THE SWIM IN THE DARK — II — III — IV — V
  52. 52.CHAPTER XLI — PIGGY, THE PRIVATEERSMAN — I — II — III — IV
  53. 53.CHAPTER XLII — THE MAN IN THE BOAT — I — II
  54. 54.CHAPTER XLIII — A BLACK BORDERER TO THE RESCUE — I — II — III
  55. 55.BOOK III
  56. 56.I
  57. 57.CHAPTER XLIV — THE ENGLISHMAN
  58. 58.CHAPTER XLV — THE PARSON AT HOME — I — II
  59. 59.CHAPTER XLVI — THE PARSON'S STORY
  60. 60.CHAPTER XLVII — THE DESPATCH-BAG — I — II — III
  61. 61.CHAPTER XLVIII — THE DOXIE'S DAUGHTER — I — II — III — IV
  62. 62.CHAPTER XLIX — MAKING READY
  63. 63.CHAPTER L — IN THE DRAIN
  64. 64.CHAPTER LI — VOICES OF THE LOST
  65. 65.CHAPTER LII — HARE AND HOUND — I — II — III — IV
  66. 66.CHAPTER LII — OLD TOADIE — I — II — III
  67. 67.CHAPTER LIV — THE PARSON'S AGONY — I — II
  68. 68.CHAPTER LV — PRETTY POLLY-KISS-ME-QUICK
  69. 69.CHAPTER LVI — THE RACE FOR THE COTTAGE — I — II — III
  70. 70.III
  71. 71.CHAPTER LVII — THE PARLEY — I — II — III
  72. 72.CHAPTER LVIII — THE PLANK CAPONIER
  73. 73.CHAPTER LIX — MISS BLOSSOM
  74. 74.CHAPTER LX — THE TWO PRAYERS — I — II — III
  75. 75.CHAPTER LXI — KNAPP'S RETURN
  76. 76.CHAPTER LXII — THE PARSON MUSES
  77. 77.IV
  78. 78.CHAPTER LXIII — NELSON'S TOPSAILS
  79. 79.CHAPTER LXIV — RUMBLINGS OF THUNDER
  80. 80.CHAPTER LXV — THE DOINGS IN THE CREEK — I — II — III
  81. 81.CHAPTER LXVI — BUGLES — I — II — III
  82. 82.CHAPTER LXVII — THE ACE OF TRUMPS — I — II
  83. 83.CHAPTER LXVIII — THE BLESSING — I — II — III — IV
  84. 84.CHAPTER LXIX — THE PARSON'S SORTIE — I — II — III — IV
  85. 85.CHAPTER LXX — THE LAST OF OLD FAITHFUL
  86. 86.CHAPTER LXXI — ON THE SHINGLE-BANK
  87. 87.CHAPTER LXXII — THE RACE FOR THE LUGGER — I — II — III — IV
  88. 88.CHAPTER LXXIII — NOBLESSE OBLIGE — I — II
  89. 89.BOOK IV
  90. 90.I
  91. 91.CHAPTER LXXIV — NATURE, THE COMFORTER — I — II — III — IV
  92. 92.CHAPTER LXXV — ON THE DECK OF THE MEDUSA — I — II — III
  93. 93.CHAPTER LXXVI — IN THE CABIN OF THE MEDUSA — I — II — III
  94. 94.CHAPTER LXXVII — THE MEDUSA GOES ABOUT — I — II — III
  95. 95.CHAPTER LXXVIII — NELSON'S HEART
  96. 96.CHAPTER LXXIX — IN THE CABIN AGAIN
  97. 97.CHAPTER LXXX — THE MEDUSA DIPS HER ENSIGN — I — II — III
  98. 98.II
  99. 99.CHAPTER LXXXI — THE RETURN — I — II — III
  100. 100.CHAPTER LXXXII — BACK TO THE DOOR — I — II — III
  101. 101.CHAPTER LXXXIII — PIPER PRAYS — I — II
  102. 102.CHAPTER LXXXIV — THE COTTAGE — I — II
  103. 103.III
  104. 104.CHAPTER LXXXV — THE SANCTUARY — I — II — III
  105. 105.CHAPTER LXXXVI — TWILIGHT — I — II — III
  106. 106.CHAPTER LXXXVII — HIS CAUSE
  107. 107.CHAPTER LXXXVIII — THE ADVENTURER
  108. 108.CHAPTER LXXXIX — THE LAST POST

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