The Dog Fiend; Or, Snarleyyow, Volumen183G. Routledge, 1856 - 309 páginas |
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... received a severe bite in the leg , which induced him to seize a handspike , and make a blow with it at the dog's head , which , if it had been well aimed , would have probably put an end to all further pilfering . As it was , the ...
... received a severe bite in the leg , which induced him to seize a handspike , and make a blow with it at the dog's head , which , if it had been well aimed , would have probably put an end to all further pilfering . As it was , the ...
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... received his three dozen without a murmur , the measured sound of the lash only being broken in upon by the baying of Snarleyyow , who occasionally would have flown at the victim , had he not been kept off by one of the marines . During ...
... received his three dozen without a murmur , the measured sound of the lash only being broken in upon by the baying of Snarleyyow , who occasionally would have flown at the victim , had he not been kept off by one of the marines . During ...
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... received the title of the former , he only received the pay of the latter . This person's real name was James Salisbury , but for reasons which will be explained , he was invariably addressed or spoken of as Jemmy Ducks . He was indeed ...
... received the title of the former , he only received the pay of the latter . This person's real name was James Salisbury , but for reasons which will be explained , he was invariably addressed or spoken of as Jemmy Ducks . He was indeed ...
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... received in posse ; so he laid aside his speaking - trumpet , looked round , picked up a handspike , and raising it above his head , down it came , with all the force of the lieutenant's arm , upon Corporal Van Spit- ter , whose carcase ...
... received in posse ; so he laid aside his speaking - trumpet , looked round , picked up a handspike , and raising it above his head , down it came , with all the force of the lieutenant's arm , upon Corporal Van Spit- ter , whose carcase ...
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... Receiving no answer but the growl of Snarleyyow , he went in , and then ascended to the quarter - deck , looked round him , and inquired of the man at the wheel where Mr. Vanslyperken might be . The man re- plied that he had gone ...
... Receiving no answer but the growl of Snarleyyow , he went in , and then ascended to the quarter - deck , looked round him , and inquired of the man at the wheel where Mr. Vanslyperken might be . The man re- plied that he had gone ...
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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 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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