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Descending to the boat they rowed round the southern shores of Rakata until they reached the little harbour where the boat and canoe had formerly been kept. "De cave's blowed away too!" was the first remark of Moses as they rowed into the little port.
Whatsomever you may happen to see don't you be led away into indulgin' in any onpleasant remarks upon it; nor don't you go for to try and talk over any of the lads into `returning to their duty, or any rot of that sort; for so sure as either of you attempts anything like that, so surely will you get your brains blowed out.
'A dozen men in Black Rock with some real grip of Him would make things go. We'll get them, too, he went on in growing excitement. 'I believe in my soul we'll get them. 'Look here, Craig; if you organise I'd like to join, said Graeme impulsively. 'I don't believe much in your creed or your Church, but I'll be blowed if I don't believe in you.
The girls' cries of admiration or amazement drowned Dawson's: "Well, 'Hi'll be blowed! Hi couldn't a done hit like that to save me 'ead," which was quite true, for very few could ride as these young girls rode. Meanwhile back in the circle two of Dawson's pupils were expressing themselves without reserve. "I mean to learn to ride like that," announced Rosalie Breeze.
I don't know as ever I seen a prettier sew-up than we done on him, wrappin' him first in the American ensign and then kiverin' him with brand-new No. 4 canvas. Considerin' the sails we'd lost and how much we needed the canvas, I think he must have been satisfied that we done the handsome thing by him. The day was beautiful and clear, although the wind still blowed a gale.
I thought 'twas all 'long o' you and Reuben May that the Lottery's landin' got blowed about?" Eve shook her head. "Be sure," she said, "'twas never in me to do Adam any harm." "And you'm goin' to stick to un now through thick and thin? 'Twill niver do for un, ye knaw, to set his foot on Cornish ground agen."
The spectre ship was the Reine-Berthe, also of Paimpol, and so the sailors were from neighbouring villages; that thick, tall fellow with the huge, black beard, showing his teeth when he laughed, was Kerjegou, one of the Ploudaniel boys, the others were from Plounes or Plounerin. "Why didn't you blow your fog-horn, and be blowed to you, you herd of savages?" challenged Larvoer of the Reine-Berthe.
"I'll be blowed if it isn't the kid," ejaculated Wheeler. "As I run this hotel, I don't care to be called a kid." "All right Mr. "Ropes." "Mr. Ropes, you are the most extraordinary boy I ever met." "Am I?" "Who would have thought of your turning up as a Montana landlord." "I wouldn't have thought of it myself four months ago. But what brings you out here?"
The child learns out o' the two best books in the world, the Bible, and William Shakespeare's book; them's all the books she ever seed saw, I should say." "William Shak " began Captain Nazro; and then he broke off in sheer amazement, and said, simply, "Well, I'm blowed!" "The minister giv 'em to me," said Captain January. "I reckon he knows.
Buzzby said this in a recklessly facetious tone, and Tom Green followed it up with a remark to the effect that "he'd be blowed if he ever wos in sich a fix in his life;" intimating his belief, at the same time, that his "toes wos freezin'." "No fear o' that," said the second mate, "they'll no' freeze as lang as they're in the water. We'll just have to stand here till the tide goes doon."
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