Jack's edition of life at sea, or, The Jervian system in 183-, a series of letters by an old Irish captain of the Head to his nephew. To which are added a set of orders1843 - 466 Seiten |
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aloft anchor answer Articles of War asked attend Barton better boat boatswain's mate brace Bunion cabin called Captain Bullhead Captain Parasite Captain Steampipe cause commander commenced continued court martial court-martial crew DEAR CHARLES Devereux dinner duty exclaimed fancy favour fore forecastle forenoon Furl sails gangway gentleman give grog gunroom guns half hammocks hand harbour hauled head hear hoisted honour idea ladder leave lieutenant look lower deck main deck Malta marines master-at-arms matter midshipmen mind morning never notice Oakum officer once opinion party pipe poop port Post Captain present quarter deck rank ready reef remain replied respect rigging sail Sankins sent sentry shew ship ship's shore side soon stud sails sufficient superior tain tell thing top gallant topsail turned UNCLE wardroom watch whilst word yard young youngster
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Seite 206 - ... disclose or discover the vote or opinion of any particular member of the court-martial, unless required to give evidence thereof, as a witness, by a court of justice, in a due course of law. So help you God.
Seite 441 - I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Seite 206 - Act, then according to my Conscience., the best of my Understanding, and the Custom of War in the like Cases : And I do further swear, that I will not...
Seite 441 - I don't know what I may seem to the world ; but as to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of Truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Seite 440 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be ; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all : to thine ownself be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.
Seite 348 - I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause; What cause withholds you then to mourn for him ? O judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason!
Seite 345 - ... use or offer any violence against his superior officer, being in the execution of his office, or...
Seite 412 - LAWS, as we read in ancient sages, Have been like cobwebs in all ages. Cobwebs for little flies are spread, And laws for little folks are made , But if an insect of renown, Hornet or beetle, wasp or drone, Be caught in quest of sport or plunder, The flimsy fetter flies in sunder.
Seite 344 - Any officer or soldier who shall strike his superior officer, or draw or lift up any weapon, or offer any violence against him, being in the execution of his office, on any pretence whatsoever, or shall disobey any lawful command of his superior officer, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as shall, according to the nature of his offence, be inflicted upon him by the sentence of a courtmartial.
Seite 206 - An Act for amending, explaining and reducing into one Act of Parliament the Laws relating to the Government of His Majesty's Ships, vessels and forces by Sea...