Author: Mayne ReidPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Ran Away to Sea
Author: Mayne ReidPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Ran Away to Sea
Author: Captain Mayne ReidPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3732675343
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: Ran Away to Sea by Captain Mayne Reid
Ran away to sea
Author: Mayne ReidRan Away to Sea
Author: Томас Майн РидPublisher: Litres
ISBN: 5040843275
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Ran Away to Sea
Author: Mayne ReidRan Away to Sea
Author: Thomas Mayne ReidRan Away to Sea
Author: RAN AWAY TO SEA (ESPRIOS CLASSICS).
Author: CAPTAIN MAYNE. REIDPublisher:
ISBN: 9789798210105
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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Author: Mayne ReidRan Away to Sea
Author: Mayne ReidPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
I was just sixteen when I ran away to sea. I did not do so because I had been treated unkindly at home. On the contrary, I left behind me a fond and indulgent father, a kind and gentle mother, sisters and brothers who loved me, and who lamented for me long after I was gone. But no one had more cause to regret this act of filial disobedience than I myself. I soon repented of what I had done, and often, in after life, did it give me pain, when I reflected upon the pain I had caused to my kindred and friends. From my earliest years I had a longing for the sea-perhaps not so much to be a sailor, as to travel over the great ocean, and behold its wonders. This longing seemed to be part of my nature, for my parents gave no encouragement to such a disposition. On the contrary, they did all in their power to beget within me a dislike for a sea life, as my father had designed for me a far different profession. But the counsels of my father, and the entreaties of my mother all proved unavailing. Indeed-and I feel shame in acknowledging it-they produced an effect directly opposite to that which was intended; and, instead of lessening my inclination to wander abroad, they only rendered me more eager to carry out that design! It is often so with obstinate natures, and I fear that, when a boy, mine was too much of this character. Most to desire that which is most forbidden, is a common failing of mankind; and in doing this, I was perhaps not so unlike others.