“ 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… Patrick O'Brian
“ Puddings, my dear sir?' cried Graham.Puddings. We trice 'em athwart the starboard gumbrils, when sailing by and large. Patrick O'Brian
“ 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. Patrick O'Brian
“ 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. Patrick O'Brian
“ Come all you thoughtless young men,a warning take by meAnd never leave your happy homesto sail the raging sea. Patrick O'Brian
“ 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… Patrick O'Brian
“ 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.''… Patrick O'Brian
“ 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… Patrick O'Brian
“ If I were a woman I should march out with a flaming torch and a sword; I should emasculate right and left. Patrick O'Brian
“ 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… Patrick O'Brian
“ That would be locking the horse after the stable door is gone, a very foolish thing to do. Patrick O'Brian
“ 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… Patrick O'Brian
“ 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… Patrick O'Brian
“ 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… Patrick O'Brian
