Vulgar words in Tales of Daring and Danger (Page 1)
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~ ~ ~ Sentence 344 ~ ~ ~
"You look fagged and overworked; a month's blow will do you all the good in the world."
~ ~ ~ Sentence 422 ~ ~ ~
As her owner had predicted, the _Seabird_ put her bowsprit under pretty frequently in the Solent; the wind was blowing half a gale, and as it met the tide it knocked up a short, angry sea, crested with white heads, and Jack Harvey agreed that she had quite as much sail on her as she wanted.
~ ~ ~ Sentence 781 ~ ~ ~
"It happened that we had three or four fellows away on leave or on staff duty, and several others knocked up with fever just about this time, so that the duty fell very heavily upon the rest of us, and it was over a month before we had time to ride over to see the fakir.