The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 20, No. 579, December 8, 1832 by Various
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page 49 of 51 (96%)
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As we approached, the sentry hailed, "Boat, ahoy!" "Firebrand," sung out the skipper, in reply. "Man the side--gangway lanterns there," quoth the officer on duty; and by the time we were close to, there were two sidesmen over the side with the manropes ready stuck out to our grasp, and two boys with lanterns above them. We got on deck. [12] "Leave me room, countrymen--leave me room, my children." [13] Equivalent to "Pull, you devils, pull!" * * * * * The Gatherer. * * * * * _The Emperor Adrian and the Architect Apollodorus._--When Apollodorus was conversing with Trajan on some plans of architecture, Adrian interfered, and gave an opinion, which the artist treated with contempt. "Go," says he, "and paint gourds" (an amusement which Adrian was fond of), "for you are very ignorant of the subject on which we are |
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