Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 234
wiftest skirmishersdash off in pursuit of the flying, while othersgather beside some foundering vessel mortallyrammed in the fight. In the distance one ofthe largest galleys is a roaring mass of flames,her oar-ports spouting hundreds of jets of flame,her black smoke a bending column against… … hamilcars stairway of the galleys. to the ends of the cranes in place of the caldrons and lowered swiftly toassist the charging soldiers. It rains men inplace of fire, and surrender or ruin ensues. And now the unconquered ships, like greatwounded centipeds, with countless oars wavingand straining,…
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