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Updated: May 19, 2025
"Of course they are not all for Mary," said Patience. "The fact is, papa," said Clarissa, "you never do look to see how things are getting worn out." "Clarissa!" exclaimed the angry father. "Indeed, papa, if you were more at home and saw these things," began Patience "I have no doubt it is all right. Get what you want. Go to Barlow's and to Green's, and to Block and Blowhard.
"Captain," I said, greatly excited, stabbing at a ship's loaf in my agitation with such ferocity as almost to drive my knife into it "You threw that boy overboard!" "I did," said Captain Bilge, grown suddenly quiet, "I threw them all over and intend to throw the rest. Listen, Blowhard, you are young, ambitious, and trustworthy. I will confide in you."
"You're an old, cheap, ploughed-land blowhard, that's what you are! You've cuffed 'round hired men and abused weak wimmen-folks. I knowed you was a coward when I got that line on ye. You don't dast to stand up to a man like me. I'll split your head for a cent." He kept advancing step by step, his mien absolutely demoniac. "I've married your sister because she wanted me.
Babbitt crowed. "Not only the big, salient, vital facts, about how fast the Sunday School and the collection is growing, but a lot of humorous gossip and kidding: about how some blowhard fell down on his pledge to get new members, or the good time the Sacred Trinity class of girls had at their wieniewurst party.
It would have been delightful to tell how this unmitigated ruffian had been "held up" by some innocent tenderfoot from the East, and made to dance at the muzzle of a quite new and daintily ornamented revolver, for the loud-mouthed blowhard seemed just the man to flinch when real danger confronted him; but, sad to say, there was nothing of the white feather about Hickory Sam, for he feared neither man, nor gun, nor any combination of them.
Blowhard," called out Captain Bilge, stepping out of the binnacle and shaking hands across the taffrail.
"'I come here at General Pillow's orders, to pick up some Mexican silfer dollars, to buy ammunition in Mexico. "'Another of old blowhard Pillow's fool schemes, said he. 'I know old Pillow. I served with him in Mexico, when he dug his ditch on the wrong side of his fortification. He's probably going to do some-thing else with the dollars than buy ammunition.
As the squadrons approached, it was seen that each of the French frigates carried more guns than the Thisbe and Druid, and nearly twice as many as the Champion. Old Blowhard, however, nothing daunted, stood on, firm to his purpose of attacking the enemy and leaving the convoy time to escape.
I am expecting them in these latitudes at any time. Meantime, Mr. Blowhard," he said, rising, "if you can continue to drop overboard one or two more each week, I shall feel extremely grateful." Three days later we rounded the Cape of Good Hope and entered upon the inky waters of the Indian Ocean.
I see that Sir Benjamin Blowhard, old Grummet, poor Marlin, and Kelson, Lord Figgins, as we used to call him, Dick Dotheboys, and Oakum, have gone the way of all flesh. I saw by yesterday's paper that Bulkhead had died in the West Indies, and two other captains senior to Murray are very ill." "I shall rejoice at Murray's promotion," said Jack; "there is no man better suited to command a fleet."
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