The Old CommodoreRoutledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1863 - 311 pages |
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Page 37
... , only with this proviso , that if the expression of it , either by word or gesture , reached him , they should be flogged . He told them that he had not yet begun to complain , and that he had THE OLD COMMODORE . 37.
... , only with this proviso , that if the expression of it , either by word or gesture , reached him , they should be flogged . He told them that he had not yet begun to complain , and that he had THE OLD COMMODORE . 37.
Page 67
... flogged two of his midshipmen . From thence , he repaired to the gangway and flogged every man on the black list , and every man against whom a fault could be imagined . Am I relating an extravagant fiction ? Am I even drawing an ...
... flogged two of his midshipmen . From thence , he repaired to the gangway and flogged every man on the black list , and every man against whom a fault could be imagined . Am I relating an extravagant fiction ? Am I even drawing an ...
Page 68
... flogged , and the hands piped down , but the wrath of Sir Octavius neither pipe nor tabor could allay , and his one eye ... flog you , sir , if you deserved it , as I just have Mr. Thompson and Mr. Johnston , notwithstanding your lady ...
... flogged , and the hands piped down , but the wrath of Sir Octavius neither pipe nor tabor could allay , and his one eye ... flog you , sir , if you deserved it , as I just have Mr. Thompson and Mr. Johnston , notwithstanding your lady ...
Page 69
... flog you . " 66 You would never flog me , " said the boy , tossing up his head , proudly ; " because , sir , the attempt would disgrace you , and dis- grace me ; and because that attempt you dare not make . " " Daren't ! -by the living ...
... flog you . " 66 You would never flog me , " said the boy , tossing up his head , proudly ; " because , sir , the attempt would disgrace you , and dis- grace me ; and because that attempt you dare not make . " " Daren't ! -by the living ...
Page 70
Edward Howard. flog you , even if you were twenty times my nephew , -twenty , a hundred times my son . Down to your berth ... flog me . I will try him to the last moment . If anything should happen to me , convey with your own hand this ...
Edward Howard. flog you , even if you were twenty times my nephew , -twenty , a hundred times my son . Down to your berth ... flog me . I will try him to the last moment . If anything should happen to me , convey with your own hand this ...
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