The Quarterly Review, Volume 92William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1852 - English literature |
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Page 252
... ship- owner ? -what does it signify to him whether he is called upon to pay the wages when the order arrives in England or when his ship arrives ? In frequent , perhaps in most cases , the ship will have arrived in England before the ...
... ship- owner ? -what does it signify to him whether he is called upon to pay the wages when the order arrives in England or when his ship arrives ? In frequent , perhaps in most cases , the ship will have arrived in England before the ...
Page 263
... ships when no one thinks of paying off a regiment ? One might as well ask why one changes one's shirt and never one's skin ? A ship is a fabric , and a weak and perishable one . The material Ship , if not periodically cleared , stripped ...
... ships when no one thinks of paying off a regiment ? One might as well ask why one changes one's shirt and never one's skin ? A ship is a fabric , and a weak and perishable one . The material Ship , if not periodically cleared , stripped ...
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... ship's company was paid off just as she had attained her most perfect state - this is true , in most cases , as to the ship's company ; they are , or ought to be , at the end of three years in a most efficient state , but , as we have ...
... ship's company was paid off just as she had attained her most perfect state - this is true , in most cases , as to the ship's company ; they are , or ought to be , at the end of three years in a most efficient state , but , as we have ...
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