Sailors and Saints: Or Matrimonial ManœvresJ. & J. Harper, 1829 - English literature |
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... hope , immoral in that ; -- though you're always throwing morality up in one's face , you can't say there's any commandment cracked there- that's if I understand the decalogue . " " Brother , brother , " rejoined Mrs. Crank , in the ...
... hope , immoral in that ; -- though you're always throwing morality up in one's face , you can't say there's any commandment cracked there- that's if I understand the decalogue . " " Brother , brother , " rejoined Mrs. Crank , in the ...
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... hope now , the fly o ' the ensign won't be fagging out the way it was on Sunday last . Tack taught down , you know ; —and , for heaven's sake , don't let Ram be howling about and throwing up his eyes like a parson . " “ I'll see to it ...
... hope now , the fly o ' the ensign won't be fagging out the way it was on Sunday last . Tack taught down , you know ; —and , for heaven's sake , don't let Ram be howling about and throwing up his eyes like a parson . " “ I'll see to it ...
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... hope you ' re not out in your reck'ning , Sir ; - but you see , Sir , " said the tar , assuming the air of one endowed with a learned spirit of human dealings ; ' " you see , Sir , when a man's a long time out o ' commission , he can't ...
... hope you ' re not out in your reck'ning , Sir ; - but you see , Sir , " said the tar , assuming the air of one endowed with a learned spirit of human dealings ; ' " you see , Sir , when a man's a long time out o ' commission , he can't ...
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... hope not , Sir . " 66 Hope not ! -Gad , had you been served as I was— kept knocking about the North Seas the standing - part of a winter's cruize after you were posted , * you would n't object to your successor's joining so soon . " You ...
... hope not , Sir . " 66 Hope not ! -Gad , had you been served as I was— kept knocking about the North Seas the standing - part of a winter's cruize after you were posted , * you would n't object to your successor's joining so soon . " You ...
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... hope that he should be favoured with that anecdote , or any other fruits of his ex- perience , when he had the pleasure to rejoin them . According to this arrangement , the officer , now accom- panied by Tiller and the bowman ...
... hope that he should be favoured with that anecdote , or any other fruits of his ex- perience , when he had the pleasure to rejoin them . According to this arrangement , the officer , now accom- panied by Tiller and the bowman ...
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