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The Rising Tide—A Tale of the Sea.
The coxswain went by the name of Sturdy Bob among his mates. Among the women of the village he was better known as handsome Bob, and, looking at him, you could not help seeing that both titles were appropriate, for our coxswain was broad and strong as well as good-looking, with that peculiar1 cast of features and calm decided2 manner which frequently distinguish the men who are born to lead their fellows.
Robert Massey, though quite young, was already a leader of men—not only by nature but by profession—being coxswain of the Greyton lifeboat, and, truly, the men who followed his lead had need to be made of good stuff, with bold, enthusiastic, self-sacrificing spirits, for he often led them into scenes of wild—but, hold! We must not forecast.
Well, we introduce our hero to the reader on a calm September evening, which blazed with sunshine. The sun need not have been mentioned, however, but for the fact that it converted the head of a fair-haired fisher-girl, seated beside Bob, into a ball of rippling3 gold, and suffused4 her young cheeks with a glow that rudely intensified5 her natural colour.
She was the coxswain’s bride-elect, and up to that date the course of their true love had run quite smoothly6 in spite of adverse7 proverbs.
“I can’t believe my luck,” said Bob, gravely.
He said most things gravely, though there was not a man in Greyton who could laugh more heartily8 than he at a good joke.
“What luck do you mean, Bob?” asked Nellie Carr, lifting her eyes from the net she was mending, and fixing them on the coxswain’s bronzed face with an air of charming
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peculiar
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起涟漪的,潺潺流水般声音的 | |
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innocence
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saviour
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uncommon
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gales
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vessel
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brass
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n.黄铜;黄铜器,铜管乐器 | |
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leeward
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wrecked
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calamity
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deluging
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v.使淹没( deluge的现在分词 );淹没;被洪水般涌来的事物所淹没;穷于应付 | |
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writhe
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vt.挣扎,痛苦地扭曲;vi.扭曲,翻腾,受苦;n.翻腾,苦恼 | |
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axe
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tugging
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seamen
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shrouds
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flare
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plunging
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