The Dog Fiend; Or, Snarleyyow, Volumen183G. Routledge, 1856 - 309 páginas |
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... looked blue . Six strides brought him to the taffrail of the vessel , six more to the bows , such was the length of his tether - and he turned , and turned again . But there was another personage on the deck , a personage of no small ...
... looked blue . Six strides brought him to the taffrail of the vessel , six more to the bows , such was the length of his tether - and he turned , and turned again . But there was another personage on the deck , a personage of no small ...
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... looked up in his master's face ; but it appeared as if the current of his master's thoughts was changed , for the current of keen air reminded Mr. Vanslyperken that he had not yet had his breakfast . The lieutenant leant over the ...
... looked up in his master's face ; but it appeared as if the current of his master's thoughts was changed , for the current of keen air reminded Mr. Vanslyperken that he had not yet had his breakfast . The lieutenant leant over the ...
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... looked unutterably savage . " How dare you beat my dog , you villain ? " said the lieute- nant at last , choking with passion.i " He's a - bitten my leg through and through , sir , ” replied Smallbones , with a face of alarm . " Well ...
... looked unutterably savage . " How dare you beat my dog , you villain ? " said the lieute- nant at last , choking with passion.i " He's a - bitten my leg through and through , sir , ” replied Smallbones , with a face of alarm . " Well ...
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... looked upon him with as much awe as ill - will . This is certain , that the cutter had been a little while before in a state of mutiny , and a forcible entry attempted at night into the lieutenant's cabin . It is therefore not ...
... looked upon him with as much awe as ill - will . This is certain , that the cutter had been a little while before in a state of mutiny , and a forcible entry attempted at night into the lieutenant's cabin . It is therefore not ...
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... looked very much like a bear in shape as well as in skin . His name was Dick Short , and in every respect he answered to his name , for he was short in stature , short in speech , and short in decision and action . 22 Now when Short ...
... looked very much like a bear in shape as well as in skin . His name was Dick Short , and in every respect he answered to his name , for he was short in stature , short in speech , and short in decision and action . 22 Now when Short ...
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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,...
Página 305 - Gerstaecker's books abound in adventure and scenes of excitement; and are fully equal, in that respect, to the stories either of Marryat, Cooper, or Dana.