They emerged from the tropical vegetation, greeted by a general cheer. Stephen advanced, carrying his hurly: he was feeling particularly well and fit; he had his land-legs again, and no longer stumped...
Puddings, my dear sir?' cried Graham.Puddings. We trice 'em athwart the starboard gumbrils, when sailing by and large.
But you know as well as I, patriotism is a word; and one that generally comes to mean either , which is infamous, or , which is imbecile.
Compulsion is the death of friendship, joy.
The Navy speaks in symbols and you may suit what meaning you choose to the words.
It was an operation that Dr. Maturin had carried out at sea before, always in the fullest possible light and therefore on deck, and many of them had seen him do so.
Come all you thoughtless young men,a warning take by meAnd never leave your happy homesto sail the raging sea.
That is not the Dryad. It has three masts.''There is no concealing anything from the Doctor,' said Jack, and turning directly to him he went on, 'Give you joy of our prize: we took her in the night.''...
I sew his ears on from time to time, sure.
Since the sheets were half-flown the sails instantly split at the seams, the maintopsail shaking so furiously that the masthead must have gone had not Mowett, the bosun, Bonden, Warley the captain of...
How wonderfully strange,' he thought, 'to be upset by this trifle; yet I am upset.
Hollom was going forward along the larboard gangway: Nagel, an able seamen but one of the most sullen, bloody-minded and argumentative of the Defenders, was coming aft on the same narrow passage. They...
A little after moonrise Stephen woke. Extreme hunger had brought on cramps in his midriff again and he held his breath to let them pass: Jack was still sitting there, the tiller under his knee, the sh...
The back of my hand to guilt.
If I were a woman I should march out with a flaming torch and a sword; I should emasculate right and left.
That would be locking the horse after the stable door is gone, a very foolish thing to do.
That must be my surgeon coming aboard. You will like him; a reading man too, most amazing learned; a full-blown physician into the bargain, and my particular friend. But I must tell you this, Yorke; h...
They played, not beautifully but deep, ignoring their often discordant strings and striking right into the heart of the music they knew best, the true notes acting as their milestones. On the poop abo...
You are a reasonably civil, complaisant creature on dry land,' said Stephen, 'but the moment you are afloat you become pragmatical and absolute, a bashaw - do this, do that, gluppit the prawling stran...
«Questo liquido è tecnicamente una minestra» continuò Jack, dopo aver tolto il coperchio. «Posso scodellartene un mestolo?»«È piacevole vedere resti di piselli così antichi e consunti che perfino i ve...