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... asked Charley in which of the cabins I should find my bed . He laughed , and told me to follow him . I did so , and he slipped down a little hatchway forward , just stopping a minute , with his head and shoulders above the deck , to ...
... asked Charley in which of the cabins I should find my bed . He laughed , and told me to follow him . I did so , and he slipped down a little hatchway forward , just stopping a minute , with his head and shoulders above the deck , to ...
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... asked if he knew Willand Wetherholm , he would certainly say , ' No ; never heard of such a man . ' ' But don't you remember Will Weatherhelm ? ' ' I should think so , my boy , ' would be his reply , and I hope he would say something in ...
... asked if he knew Willand Wetherholm , he would certainly say , ' No ; never heard of such a man . ' ' But don't you remember Will Weatherhelm ? ' ' I should think so , my boy , ' would be his reply , and I hope he would say something in ...
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... asked Charley Iffley what it was they saw . ' An ugly - looking big brig , which has a cut they don't like about her , ' was the answer . ' When we were out here the last time , we sighted just such another chap . A hundred or more cut ...
... asked Charley Iffley what it was they saw . ' An ugly - looking big brig , which has a cut they don't like about her , ' was the answer . ' When we were out here the last time , we sighted just such another chap . A hundred or more cut ...
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... asked how I liked being a powder - monkey . As I every now and then shoved my head through the hatchway , I saw that the brig was coming up rapidly after us . I had been down some little time , when just as I came up and was looking ...
... asked how I liked being a powder - monkey . As I every now and then shoved my head through the hatchway , I saw that the brig was coming up rapidly after us . I had been down some little time , when just as I came up and was looking ...
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... got up all the powder and shot required , I came on deck . I asked Charley what he thought of the state of things . He was looking very pale ; his shirt - sleeve DESPERATE ENCOUNTER . 37 was tucked up at the elbow 36 WILL WEATHERHELM .
... got up all the powder and shot required , I came on deck . I asked Charley what he thought of the state of things . He was looking very pale ; his shirt - sleeve DESPERATE ENCOUNTER . 37 was tucked up at the elbow 36 WILL WEATHERHELM .
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Page 199 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Page 79 - There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To take care of the life of poor Jack.
Page 271 - There is many a slip between the cup and the lip, and before the spring much may be changed.
Page 346 - Bear down, d'ye see, To our Admiral's lee ! ' 'No, no,' says the Frenchman, 'that can't be !' ' Then I must lug you along with me !
Page 346 - Frenchman laughed and thought it stuff, But they knew not the handful of men, how tough, On board of the Arethusa. On deck five hundred men did dance, The stoutest they could find in France; We with two hundred did advance On board of the Arethusa. Our captain hailed the Frenchman, 'Ho!