Sketches — Volume 01 by Robert Seymour
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page 17 of 43 (39%)
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"The arm of my jacket I mean; there's no harm in that, you know." "Is it quite safe? How the wind blows!" "Lord! how timorsome you be! vy, the vind never did nothin' else since I know'd it" "O! O! how it tumbles! dearee me!" "Sit still! for ve are just now in the current, and if so be you go over here, it'll play old gooseberry with you, I tell you." "Is it werry deep?" "Deep as a lawyer." "O! I really feel all over"-- "And, by Gog, you'll be all over presently--don't lay your hand on my scull" "You villin, I never so much as touched your scull. You put me up." "I must put you down. I tell you what it is, young 'ooman, if you vant to go on, you must sit still; if you keep moving, you'll stay where you are--that's all! There, by Gosh! we're in for it." At this point of the interesting dialogue, the young 'ooman gave a sudden lurch to larboard, and turned the boat completely over. The boatman, blowing like a porpoise, soon strode across the upturned bark, and turning round, |
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