Hannay, David, 1853-1934 · Boston, Little, Brown · leaf 158
ort, there is to be found the blind longing of themere human brute for an intense sensation of animal joy.For that they risked their lives, and they were preparedto obtain it by swilling raw arrack, and were at all timescontemptuous of prudence. Therefore, they served as mereraw material, to be… … ENGLISH SAILORS. CHAPTER VII IN THE EASTERN SEAS The world beyond the Cape of Good Hope was everywherefull of violence. It always had been before the Portuguesecame as the forerunners of direct European commerce.They made no change, neither did their successors and rivalsfrom England, Holland, and…
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