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قراءة كتاب A Singer from the Sea
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SINGER FROM THE SEA
by
AMELIA E. BARR
AUTHOR OF “JAN VEDDER’S WIFE,” “THE BOW OF ORANGE RIBBON,” “FRIEND OLIVIA,” ETC., ETC.
NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1893, by
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY.
All rights reserved.
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| I. | DENAS PENELLES | 1 |
| II. | OH, THE PITY OF IT! | 22 |
| III. | THE COTTAGE BY THE SEA | 41 |
| IV. | THE SEED OF CHANGE | 59 |
| V. | WHAT SHALL BE DONE FOR ROLAND? | 77 |
| VI. | ELIZABETH AND DENAS | 95 |
| VII. | IS THERE ANY SORROW LIKE LOVING? | 115 |
| VIII. | A SEA OF SORROW | 138 |
| IX. | A PIECE OF MONEY AND A SONG | 161 |
| X. | A VISIT TO ST. PENFER | 181 |
| XI. | FATHERLY AND MOTHERLY | 199 |
| XII. | A COWARDLY LOVE | 225 |
| XIII. | DEATH IS DAWN | 251 |
| XIV. | SORROW BRINGS US ALL HOME | 272 |
| XV. | ONLY FRIENDS | 295 |
| XVI. | THE “DARLING DENAS” | 314 |
| XVII. | DENAS | 331 |
A SINGER FROM THE SEA.
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“‘Tell me, my old friend, tell me why You sit and softly laugh by yourself.’ ‘It is because I am repeating to myself, Write! write Of the valiant strength, The calm, brave bearing Of the sons of the sea.’” ––French Rowing Song “And that is why I have written this book Of the things that live in your noble hearts. You are really the authors of it. I have only put into words The frank simplicity of your sailor life.” ––Guillaume de la Laudelle. |
From Padstow Point to Lundy Race is one of the wildest and grandest portions of the Cornish coast, and on it there is always somewhere a tossing sea, a stiff breeze above, and a sucking tide below. Great cliffs hundreds of feet high guard it, and from the top of them the land rolls 2 away in long ridges, brown and bare. These wild and rocky moors, full of pagan altars,