Word: corsairs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Byron- The Corsair...
Oarsmen, coaches, and managers, following the precedent set last week, spent Sunday on Mr. J. P. Morgan's yacht the "Corsair". A short cruise was taken down the sound and the party returned to quarters in the early evening...
...Conn., June 11.--The second week of rowing for the Crimson crews got under way today with a full schedule for each group of oarsmen. The men had a rest over the week-end when they went out into the sound aboard the "Corsair", and the coaches felt that after the lay-off today's program should be strenuous...
...Conn., June 10.--Coaches, managers, and oarsmen of all four crews enjoyed a holiday today on the "Corsair", the yacht of Mr. J. P. Morgan '89. Altogether 56 men boarded the yacht at 9 o'clock this morning and cruised as far as Green port, Long Island, and back, returning to Red Top at 6 o'clock in the evening. Although the water was rather cold, a short swim at Green port was much enjoyed...
Lionel is worse than a drunkard: he wishes Oliver's estate, and has him kidnapped to be sold as a slave to the Moors. In rage and bitterness Sir Oliver forswears his religion and becomes a Barbary Corsair, in high favor with the pasha. Sir Oliver plans a desperate coup of vengeance. As Sakr-el-Bahr, the Sea-Hawk, he descends with his pirates upon the Cornish coast and steals Lionel and Rosamund on the eve of their wedding...