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Greenwich Hospital: A Series of Naval Sketches, Descriptive of the Life of a Man-Of-War's Man (Classic Reprint) by Old Sailor (Paperback / softback, 2015)

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Excerpt from Greenwich Hospital: A Series of Naval Sketches, Descriptive of the Life of a Man-of-War's Man 'Then, just as it comes, take the bad with the good;One man's spoon's of silver, ather's of wood;What's poison for one man's ather man's balm;Some are safe in a storm, and some lost in a calm;Some are rolling in riches, some are t worth a sous;To-day we eat beef, and to-morrow lobscouse.Thus the good we should cherish, the bad never seek, For death will too soon bring each anchor a-peak.' 'Well then, I'll do it, said I, jumping up in an ecstacy, and clapping my hands so loud that it awoke old Dick Towline, who, for the last two hours (that is, during my cogitation), had been fast asleep, with his head resting upon the table, and winding his nasal bugle with ordinary degree of vigour. 'I'll do it, ' said I. 'Ay so do, ' says Dick, raising his head, and rubbing his eyes, 'so do, and I'll lend you a hand.' 'You lend me a hand!' returned I, contemptuously, and with a scornful look, unmerited by the worthy soul, 'You lend me a hand!' 'Why ay, ' replied he, 'I thought you was going to broach t'other bottle of Aunt Tabitha's eye-water, and wanted me to fetch the corkscrew.' 'No Dick, my boy; I am for broaching bottles w, ' erecting myself into perpendicular altitude; 'No, , I am going to write - yes I'll write a - what the dickens shall I write? Why, my hearty, I'll write a book.' 'Wheweewee ew, &c.' whistled Dick, 'the fellow's mad - stark-staring mad; write a book indeed, and who do you think will read the productions of a man that scarcely anybody kws, and body cares for; come, come, clap a stopper on your nsense, and leave the pen to the A. M.'s, D. D.'s, and A-double-s-es, and them sort of gentry; why, they'll write you more in an hour than you'll be able to understand in a year; stick to your marlin-spike and heaver, and in the mean time let's freshen the nip with ather glass of grog; for depend on it you'll find book-writing a dry sort of work eugh - I never knew any good come on't.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Forgotten Books
ISBN-10
1331758610
ISBN-13
9781331758617
eBay Product ID (ePID)
216413307

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Author
Old Sailor
Format
Paperback / Softback, Trade Paperback (US) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound
Language
English
Topic
Children's Fiction

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Black & White Illustrations
Date of Publication
27/09/2015
Country of Publication
United States

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