Vulgar words in Great Sea Stories (Page 1)
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The forenoon had been even more boisterous than any of the preceding, and we were all fagged enough with "make sail," and "shorten sail," and "all hands," the whole day through; and as the night fell, I found myself, for the fourth time, in the maintop.
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Whether fagged by the three days' running chase, and the resistance to his swimming in the knotted hamper he bore; or whether it was some latent deceitfulness and malice in him: whichever was true, the White Whale's way now began to abate, as it seemed, from the boat so rapidly nearing him once more; though indeed the whale's last start had not been so long a one as before.
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"Talk about being cocky," said Gregson; "you should hear Captain Schenke bragging about the way he brought the _Hedwig Rickmers_ out.
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"Cocky as ever, Captain Schenke!
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"There's a hooker called the _Yan-Shan_ piled on the rocks down the coast and we're going to leave our cards on her--savvy?"
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"There's been talk of an outbreak, and two or three suspicious signs I'm willing to admit, but personally I think it's all poppycock."