The Unknown Sea
by Clemence Housman
Publisher: Duckworth and co. 1898
ISBN/ASIN: B0046A9O2K
Number of pages: 315
Description:
An uncertain path promised fairly till half way, where a recent lapse turned him aside on to untried slopes and ledges: a perilous ascent to any not bold and sure and practised. The spice of danger kindled the boy's blood; he won to the top with some loss of breath, but his head was high, and his heart was high, and ultimate failure envisaged him no longer. He stood among graves.
Download or read it online for free here:
Download link
(multiple formats)
Similar books
Under Arctic Iceby H. G. Winter - Project Gutenberg
Planes sent out to search for the missing polar submarine Peary returned without clue to the mystery of is disappearance. The close search that has been conducted through the last two weeks, involving great risks to the pilots, has been fruitless.
(8313 views)
Avalancheby Guy Herman - Lulu.com
A harrowing, nearly unbelievable, incredibly intimate adventure of a professor and his graduate assistant's summertime escape to the Alps, ending in a wondrous horror and recounted first person to the professors attorney from his jail cell.
(4426 views)
The Strength of the Pinesby Edison Marshall - Little, Brown, and Company
Before the gray of dawn came over the land Bruce Duncan had started westward. He had no self-amazement at the lightning decision. He was only strangely and deeply exultant. The reasons why went too deep within him to be easily seen...
(5849 views)
Aztec Legend, Lord of the Jaguarsby Billy Crittenden - Smashwords
Dietrich Addison is a young boy whose intelligence is only matched by his compassion. His adventures take him to Central and North America in the late 1400's. His best friend is a white tiger he names Zeus. They share a great friendship...
(5507 views)