The Dog Fiend; Or, Snarleyyow, Volumen183G. Routledge, 1856 - 309 páginas |
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... cutter , for she was a vessel in the service of his Majesty , King William the Third , at this time employed in protecting his Majesty's revenue against the im- portation of alamodes and lutestrings , were all down below at their ...
... cutter , for she was a vessel in the service of his Majesty , King William the Third , at this time employed in protecting his Majesty's revenue against the im- portation of alamodes and lutestrings , were all down below at their ...
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... cutter we have described was on this service , and was named the Yungfrau , although built in England , and forming a part of the English naval force . It may really be supposed that Dutch interest , during this period , was in the ...
... cutter we have described was on this service , and was named the Yungfrau , although built in England , and forming a part of the English naval force . It may really be supposed that Dutch interest , during this period , was in the ...
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... cutter had been supplied with a corporal and six men , all of whom were belonging to the Dutch marine . To a person who was so unpopular as Mr. Vanslyperken , this little force was a great protection , and both Corporal Van Spitter and ...
... cutter had been supplied with a corporal and six men , all of whom were belonging to the Dutch marine . To a person who was so unpopular as Mr. Vanslyperken , this little force was a great protection , and both Corporal Van Spitter and ...
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... cutter Yungfrau , on the evening after the punishment of Smallbones . The major part of the crew attended ; all but the Corporal Van Spitter , who , on these points , was known to split with the crew , and his six marines , who formed ...
... cutter Yungfrau , on the evening after the punishment of Smallbones . The major part of the crew attended ; all but the Corporal Van Spitter , who , on these points , was known to split with the crew , and his six marines , who formed ...
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... cutter had been paid off since the animal had been brought on board , there was no man in the ship who could positively detail , from his own knowledge , the facts connected with his first appearance - there was only tradition , and to ...
... cutter had been paid off since the animal had been brought on board , there was no man in the ship who could positively detail , from his own knowledge , the facts connected with his first appearance - there was only tradition , and to ...
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appeared arms arrived Babette Bill Spurey boat cabin cave Cherbourg Cornbury Corporal Van Spitter corporal's crew cried Vanslyperken cutter dear despatches devil Dick Short door exclaimed Vanslyperken eyes Fiddler's Green forecastle Frau Vandersloosh gold Gott gunwale hand head heard Jacobite Jansen Jemmy Ducks keel-hauling King William knocked leave letters lieutenant Lilly looked Lord Lord Albemarle Lust Haus majesty marines master Mein Gott mind Mistress Moggy morning mother Mynheer Krause Mynheer Vanslyperken Nancy Corbett never night observed old woman party perceived perken poral Port Admiral Portsmouth pulled Ramsay received replied Jemmy replied Short replied Smallbones replied the corporal replied Vanslyperken Robert Barclay round sail ship's company Sir Robert slyperken smugglers Snarley Snarleyyow soon syndic taffrail tail tell thought took traitor turned tyfel Vansly vessel waited walked widow Vandersloosh Wilhelmina wish Yungfrau
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Página 42 - gainst every odds —and I've gain'd the victory. Our captain sent for all of us; my merry men, said he, I haven't the gift of the gab, my lads, but yet I thankful be: You've done your duty handsomely, each man stood to his gun; If you hadn't, you villains, as sure as day, I'd have flogg'd each mother's son. Odds bobs, hammer and tongs, as long as I'm at sea, I'll fight 'gainst every odds —and I'll gain the victory.
Página 7 - His long lanky legs were pulled so far through his trousers, that his bare feet, and half way up to his knees, were exposed to the chilling blast. The sleeves of his jacket were so short, that four inches of bone above his wrist were bared to view ; hat he had none ; his ears were very large, and the rims of them red with cold, and his neck was so immeasurably long and thin, that his head appeared to topple for want of support. When he had come on deck, he stood with one hand raised to his forehead,...
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