 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1830 - 366 Seiten
...as you know, I played them many other pranks, partly for amusement, and partly from a kind of pride I felt in making them believe I was half a wizard....decks, close to the bows, where it was dark even in the day time. My messmate procured a piece of old canvass, with which I might cover myself if necessary.... | |
 | 1830 - 384 Seiten
...as you know, I played them many other pranks, partly for amusement, and partly from a kind of pride I felt in making them believe I was half a wizard....decks, close to the bows, where it was dark even in the day time. My messmate procured a piece of old canvass, with which I might cover myself if necessary.... | |
 | 1830 - 436 Seiten
...patience, and I made up my mind tu desert the very first opportunity. 1 had an old shipmate with me, whom 1 could trust, and we planned the whole thing together. I knew if 1 deserted at Gihraltar, or any of the ports in the Mediterranean, 1 should almost certainly he caught,... | |
 | 1839 - 666 Seiten
...you know, I played them many otlier pranks, partly from amusement, and partly from a kind of pride I felt in making them believe I was half a wizard....decks, close to the bows, where it was dark even in the day time. My messmate procured a piece of old canvass, with which I might cover myself if necessary.... | |
 | 1868 - 720 Seiten
...you gave me, though I own I deserved it, made me resolve to desert as soon as an opportunity offered. I had an old shipmate with me whom I could trust,...knew if I deserted at Gibraltar or any of the ports in the Mediterranean I should almost certainly be caught, and shot off-hand as an example. I got Tom... | |
 | 1861 - 598 Seiten
...all patience, and 1 made up my mind to desert the very first opportunity. I had an old shipmate in whom I could trust, and we planned the whole thing...together. I knew if I deserted at Gibraltar, or any of the Mediterranean ports, I should certainly be caught, and shot as an example ; and for this reason we... | |
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... days. To pass the time, and to make fun for myself with the sailors, I told them stories of my adventures, and pretended that I could live in the water, and had as many lives as a cat. Besides this, as you know, I played them many other pranks, partly... 