The Gentleman: A Romance of the Sea
Produced by Suzanne Shell, William Flis, Jerry Fairbanks, Mary Musser,
Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
1908
Chap. I. THE MAN ON THE GREY
XXII. FAT GEORGE & CO
The introductory poem appeared originally in the Pall Mall Magazine , and is re-published by permission of the Editor.
The Sea! the Sea! Our own home-land, the Sea! 'Tis, as it always was, and still, please God, will be, When we are gone, Our own, Possessing it for Thee, Ours, ours, and ours alone, The Anglo-Saxon Sea.
The stripped, moon-shining, naked-bosomed Sea.
No jerry-building here; No scenes that once were dear Beneath man's tawdry touch to disappear; Always the same, the Sea, Th' unstable-steadfast Sea. 'Tis, as it always was, and still, please God, will be, When we are gone, Our own, Vice-regents under Thee, Ours, ours, and ours alone, The Anglo-Saxon Sea.
The mighty-furrowed, moody-minded Sea.
New suns and moons arise; Perish old dynasties; For ever rise and die the centuries; Only remains the Sea, Our right of way, the Sea. 'Tis, as it always was, and still, phase God, will be, When we are gone, Our own, Our heritage from Thee, Ours, ours, and ours alone, The Anglo-Saxon Sea.
Our good, grey, faithful, Saxon-loving Sea._
Alfred Ollivant
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CONTENTS
JULY 1805
BOOK II
OUR SEA
JULY 1805
BOOK I
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CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
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II
III
IV
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
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III
IV
CHAPTER VI
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IV
CHAPTER VII
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II
CHAPTER VIII
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CHAPTER IX
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CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
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IV
CHAPTER XIII
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IV
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CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
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II
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
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II
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
BOOK II
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CHAPTER XX
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CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
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CHAPTER XXIV
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CHAPTER XXV
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CHAPTER XXVI
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CHAPTER XXVII
CHAPTER XXVIII
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CHAPTER XXIX
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CHAPTER XXX
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CHAPTER XXXI
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CHAPTER XXXII
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CHAPTER XXXIII
CHAPTER XXXIV
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CHAPTER XXXV
CHAPTER XXXVI
CHAPTER XXXVII
CHAPTER XXXVIII
CHAPTER XXXIX
CHAPTER XL
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CHAPTER XLI
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CHAPTER XLII
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CHAPTER XLIII
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BOOK III
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CHAPTER XLIV
CHAPTER XLV
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CHAPTER XLVI
CHAPTER XLVII
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CHAPTER XLVIII
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CHAPTER L
CHAPTER LI
CHAPTER LII
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CHAPTER LII
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CHAPTER LIV
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CHAPTER LV
CHAPTER LVI
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CHAPTER LVII
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CHAPTER LVIII
CHAPTER LIX
CHAPTER LX
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CHAPTER LXI
CHAPTER LXII
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CHAPTER LXIII
CHAPTER LXIV
CHAPTER LXV
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CHAPTER LXVI
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CHAPTER LXVII
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CHAPTER LXVIII
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CHAPTER LXIX
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CHAPTER LXX
CHAPTER LXXI
CHAPTER LXXII
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CHAPTER LXXIII
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BOOK IV
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CHAPTER LXXIV
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CHAPTER LXXV
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CHAPTER LXXVI
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CHAPTER LXXVII
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CHAPTER LXXVIII
CHAPTER LXXIX
CHAPTER LXXX
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CHAPTER LXXXI
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CHAPTER LXXXII
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CHAPTER LXXXIII
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CHAPTER LXXXIV
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CHAPTER LXXXV
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CHAPTER LXXXVI
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CHAPTER LXXXVII
CHAPTER LXXXVIII
CHAPTER LXXXIX