 | 1879 - 204 trang
...quarter-deck, and command as you do." " No, David ; no boy ever trod the quarterdeck with such principles as you have, and such habits as you exhibit. You'll...before the mast, kicked and cuffed about the world, and die in some fever-hospital I That's my fate, is it ? I'll change my life, and change it at once. I... | |
 | Matthew Hale Smith - 1875 - 628 trang
...quarterdeck and command, as you do.' ' No, David ; no boy ever trod the quarter-deck with such .principles as you have, and such habits as you exhibit. You'll...miserable, drunken sailor before the mast, kicked and ciiffed about the world, and to die in some fever hospital ! That's my fate, is it ? I'll change my... | |
 | 1875 - 780 trang
...to me : " David, what do you mean to be ?" " I mean to follow the sea." " Follow the sea ! Yes, be a poor, miserable, drunken sailor before the mast, kicked and cuffed about the world, and die in some fever hospital in a foreign clime." " No," I said ; " I'll tread the quarterdeck, and command,... | |
 | James Baird McClure - 1879 - 284 trang
...me: " ' David, what do you mean to be? ' " ' I mean to follow the sea.' " ' Follow the sea! Yes, be a poor, miserable drunken sailor before the mast, kicked and cuffed about the world, and die in some fever hospital, in a foreign clime.' " ' No,' I said, ' I'll tread the quarter-deck and... | |
 | Richard Newton - 1880 - 386 trang
...father left him, and went on deck. But he remained below to think over what his father had just said. "A poor, miserable, drunken sailor, before the mast, kicked, and cuffed about the world, and then to die in some fever hospital ! Is this what I am to be ? Never. I'll change my life, and change... | |
 | Alex Murdoch Gow - 1883 - 224 trang
...quarter-deck and command as you do.' "' No, David; no boy ever trod the quarter-deck with such principles as you have and such habits as you exhibit. You'll...deck. I was stunned by the rebuke and overwhelmed with shame. " A poor, miserable, drunken sailor before the mast, kicked and cuffed about the world, and... | |
 | 1883 - 336 trang
...said to me, ' David, what do you mean to be?' 'I mean to follow the sea.' ' Follow the sea! Yes, be a poor, miserable, drunken sailor before the mast, kicked and cuffed about the world, and die in some fever hospital in a .foreign clime.' ' No,' I said, ' I'll tread the quarter-deck and command... | |
 | 1884 - 166 trang
...father left him and went on deck. But he remained below to think over what his father had just said. "A poor, miserable, drunken sailor, before the mast; kicked and cuffed about the world, and then to die in some fever hospital ! Is this what I am to be ? Never. I'll change my life, and change... | |
 | William Augustus Mowry - 1885 - 280 trang
...ever trod the quarter-deck with such principles as you have, and such habits as you exhibit. You '11 have to change your whole course of life if you ever...'A poor, miserable, drunken sailor before the mast ! be kicked and cuffed about the world, and die in some fever hospital ! ' That 's my fate, is it?... | |
 | 1886 - 800 trang
...and said to me: "David, what do you mean to be?" "I mean to follow the sea." "Follow the sea! Yes; be a poor, miserable, drunken sailor before the mast, kicked and cuffed about the world, and die in some fever-hospital in a foreign clime." "No," 1 said, "I'll tread the quarter-deck, and command,... | |
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No, David; no boy ever trod the quarter-deck with such principles as you have, and such habits as you exhibit. You will have to change your whole course of life if you ever become a man.' " My father left me and went on deck. I was stunned by the rebuke,... 
