The Dog Fiend; Or, Snarleyyow, Volumen183G. Routledge, 1856 - 309 páginas |
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... sides , was running along the coast near Beachy Head , at the rate of about five miles per hour . The wind was from the northward and blew keenly , the vessel was under easy sail , and the water was smooth . It was now broad daylight ...
... sides , was running along the coast near Beachy Head , at the rate of about five miles per hour . The wind was from the northward and blew keenly , the vessel was under easy sail , and the water was smooth . It was now broad daylight ...
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... side , into which its owner's hands were deeply inserted , and so close did his arms lie to his sides , that they appeared nothing more than as would battens nailed to a topsail yard . The only deviation from the perpendicular was from ...
... side , into which its owner's hands were deeply inserted , and so close did his arms lie to his sides , that they appeared nothing more than as would battens nailed to a topsail yard . The only deviation from the perpendicular was from ...
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... side . Mr. Vanslyperken discontinued his orders , took his hand out of his great - coat pocket , wiped the drop from off his nose , and then roared out , How dare you appear on the quarter - deck of a king's ship , sir , with a red ...
... side . Mr. Vanslyperken discontinued his orders , took his hand out of his great - coat pocket , wiped the drop from off his nose , and then roared out , How dare you appear on the quarter - deck of a king's ship , sir , with a red ...
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... side of the forecastle ; " O Snarley- yow , for shame ! Come here , sir . Come here , sir , directly . ' But Snarleyyow , who was very sulky at the loss of his anti- cipated breakfast , was contumacious , and would not come . He stood ...
... side of the forecastle ; " O Snarley- yow , for shame ! Come here , sir . Come here , sir , directly . ' But Snarleyyow , who was very sulky at the loss of his anti- cipated breakfast , was contumacious , and would not come . He stood ...
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... side of the water , and , when on shore , he had lived in a state of abject misery , although he had the means of comfortable sup- port . He was now fifty - five years of age . Since he had been appointed to the Yungfrau , he had been ...
... side of the water , and , when on shore , he had lived in a state of abject misery , although he had the means of comfortable sup- port . He was now fifty - five years of age . Since he had been appointed to the Yungfrau , he had been ...
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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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