 will you knock out the French sentry's brains?' 'I don't care,' says I, striving to keep myself awake, ' if I lend a hand.' ' Then follow me,' says he, ' and I hope we shall do business.  Essays - Page 219by Oliver Goldsmith - 1765 - 236 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Popular readings - English poetry - 1867 - 266 pages
...in a jail ; but, for my part, it was nothing to me, for I was seasoned. One night, as I was asleep on the bed of boards, with a warm blanket about me,...I always loved to lie well, I was awakened by the boatswain, who had a dark lanthorn in his hand : ' Jack,' says he . to me, ' will you knock out the... | |
 | Romulus Magnus Oppman - English language - 1867 - 484 pages
...live in a jail; but for my part, it was nothing to me, for I was seasoned. One night, as I was asleep on the bed of boards, with a warm blanket about me,...I always loved to lie well, I was awakened by the boatswain, who had a dark-lanthorn in his hand. ,,Jack", says he to me, ,,will you knock out the French... | |
 | Penny readings - 1867 - 280 pages
...in a jail ; but, for my part, it was nothing to me, for I was seasoned. One night as I was sleeping on the bed of boards, with a warm blanket about me...I always loved to lie well), I was awakened by the boatswain, who had a dark lantern in his hand. ' Jack,' says he to me, ' will you knock out the French... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1869 - 1502 pages
...but, for my part, it was nothing to me, for I was seasoned. One night, however, as I was sleeping on a bed of boards, with a warm blanket about me, (for I always loved to lie well,) I was awakened by the boatswain, who had a dark lantern in his hand. ' Jack, ' says he to me, 'will you knock out the French... | |
 | François Quesnel - 1869 - 360 pages
...been my abode for some time. Now I must tell you how I left it. One night, as I waa sleeping on my bed of boards, with a warm blanket about me, (for I always loved to lie well), I was awakened by an English boatswain who said to me : Jack, if you have a mind to knock out the French sentry's brains,... | |
 | Louis Le Brun, Henri van Laun - 1869 - 290 pages
...in a jail ; but, for my part, it was nothing to me,3 for I was seasoned.4 One night, as I was asleep on the bed of boards, with a warm blanket about me, for I always love to lie well, I was awakened by the boatswain, who had a dark lantern in his hand. " Jack," said... | |
 | Francis Young (F.R.G.S.) - 1870 - 262 pages
...in a jail; but, for my part, it was nothing to me, for I was seasoned. One night, as I was sleeping on the bed of boards, with a warm blanket about me...I always loved to lie well), I was awakened by the boatswain, who had a dark lantern in his hand. ' Jack,' says he to me, ' will you knock out the French... | |
 | English prose literature - 1872 - 556 pages
...live in a jail ; but for my part, it was nothing to me, for I was seasoned. One night, as I was asleep on the bed of boards, with a warm blanket about me...I always loved to lie well), I was awakened by the boatswain, who had a dark lantern in his hand: 'Jack,' says he to me, ' Will you knock out the French... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 470 pages
...was nothing to me, for f was seasoned. One night, as I was asleep on the bed of boards', with a wurm blanket about me, for I always loved to lie well, I was awakened by the boatswain, who had a dark lanthorn in his hand. ' Jack,' says he to me, ' will you knock out the French... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 pages
...: but for my part, it waa nothing to me, for I was seasoned. One night, however, as I was sleeping t them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute ; nor to b awaked by the boatswain, who had a dark lantern in his hand. ' Jack,' says he to me, ' will you knock... | |
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