Sentence:  It was a ridiculous scheme, both as to the force which was to take the ship, and her employment as a buccaneer -- the state of the ocean and of navigation being such at that time as to leave a <WSD>sea-rover</WSD>, pursued as he would be by the fleets of all nations, without a sea to sail in, without a coast to land on, without a rock or corner to hide in. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A pirate, buccaneer or privateer; an ocean-going marauder.