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Flying Dutchman |
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Flying Dutchman sea captain condemned to sail unceasingly because he had invoked the Devil’s aid in a storm. [Maritime legend: Brewer Dictionary] See : Curse Flying Dutchman ghost ship off Cape of Good Hope; sighting it forbodes disaster. [Folklore: Brewer Note-Book, 335] See : Ghost Flying Dutchman ominous spectral ship; seen in storms off Cape of Good Hope. [Marine Folklore: LLEI, I: 285] See : Luck, Bad Flying Dutchman spectral ship doomed to eternal wandering. [Marine Folklore: Benét, 355] See : Wandering |
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| Here a second inscription informed me that the painter considered the Flying Dutchman to be no other than the Wandering Jew, pursuing his interminable Journey by sea. The Flying Dutchman, with a crew of ghostly clients imploring all whom they may encounter to peruse their papers, has drifted, for the time being, heaven knows where. She might have been the very Flying Dutchman, so foul, draggled, and unkempt was every rope and stick aboard. |
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