1. Life and literary activity of Charles Kingsley. Historical fiction genre in Literature

Chapter 18. How They Took the Pearls at Margarita

Words to look up: shagreened, perturbations, lucidity, caterwauling. "In manas Tuas, Domine" means "Into Thy hands, Lord." Misericordia means mercy. "His nether tackle" means his lower gear (his trousers). Manicheanism: the belief that the spiritual world is good but the physical world is bad; specifically, here, suggesting that God is bad because He created sharks.
Copywork:
Frank. Oh, Jack, Jack, behold how one sin begets another! Just now thou wert but a coward, and now thou art a Manichee. For thou hast imputed to an evil creator that which was formed only for a good end, namely, sharks, which were made on purpose to devour useless carcasses like thine. Moreover, as a brother of the Rose, thou wert bound by the vow of thy brotherhood to have leaped joyfully down that shark's mouth.
Jack. Ay, very likely, if Mistress Rose had been in his stomach; but I wanted to fight Spaniards just then, not to be shark-bitten.
Narration and Discussion: How did Jack Brimblecombe redeem himself (i.e. show greater courage) after the incident with the shark?

Chapter 19. What Befell at La Guayra

Obscure words: "Dor" is not clear, but I think it means a conundrum, riddle, or paradox. "Patararo" is defined in a later chapter as a "brass swivel" or "swivel-gun."
Copywork: "And do you forget, Cary, that the more fair this passing world of time, by so much the more fair is that eternal world, whereof all here is but a shadow and a dream; by so much the more fair is He before whose throne the four mystic beasts, the substantial ideas of Nature and her powers, stand day and night, crying, 'Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, Thou hast made all things, and for Thy pleasure they are and were created!' My friends, if He be so prodigal of His own glory as to have decked these lonely shores, all but unknown since the foundation of the world, with splendors beyond all our dreams, what must be the glory of His face itself!"
Narration and Discussion: What did happen at La Guayra?