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Mumpsimus's Hospital in London, and became the best boxer therein, and captain of the eight-oar, besides winning prizes and certificates without end, and becoming in time the most popular house-surgeon in the hospital; but nothing could keep him permanently at home. Settle down in a country practice he would not. Cost his father a farthing he would not.
I seen them flash at one another with their great eyes, as ef it wa'n't enough to do man's work, but when thar' come a chance, they must go act like God! I seen in jest that flash, them two agreein' solemnly. "Then it was all done in a minute's space, like you'll live yer life through sometimes, in a dream. They had Bill Barlow's eight-oar ready. They pushed us back.
I scrambled out, and limped on, shaking with wet and pain, till I was stopped by a crowd which filled the towing-path. An eight-oar lay under the bank, and the men on shore were cheering and praising those in the boat for having "bumped," which word I already understood to mean, winning a race.
The din and clamor of a mighty city mingled with the far-off sounds of military music; and in the vistas of the opening street, masses of troops might be seen in marching order; and all betokened the near approach of war. Our anchor had scarcely been dropped, when an eight-oar gig, with a midshipman steering, came alongside. "Ship ahoy, there! You've troops on board?" "Ay, ay, sir."
Sharp; and the Pacha, accustomed as he was to merriment and revelry, must have been rather lonesome. But it was already proved that he was a reformed man, and had entirely changed his manner of life. The barge, which was a large eight-oar boat, had been made ready to lower into the water, and the gangway had been rigged out.
Hush! keep dark now! here he comes." And he went hastily to meet Edward Dodd: and by that means intercepted him on his way to the carriage. "Give me your hand, Dodd," he cried; "you have saved the university. You must be stroke of the eight-oar after me. Let me see more of you than I have, old fellow."
They were encamped on such a spot as people pay large sums for the privilege of pitching tents upon; they were numerous enough to make themselves independent of alien company; the sun was shining, the sea breeze blowing; they had food and drink, and tobacco to smoke; where they bathed an eight-oar gig from the Powerful swung on the swell, not so much to prevent escape as to render assistance to tired swimmers.
"We can get four small boats for our money can't we?" asked one of the boys. "Frank thought we had better get different sized boats," replied Tony. "For different kinds of service," added Joseph, demurely. "Say, one eight-oar boat, one six-oar, and two four-oar," said Tony. "That would be first rate! Then we could take in twenty-two fellows."
Captain Sedley and Mr. Walker then seated themselves in the stern sheets of the Bluebird. "Now pull for Center Island," said the former. "Tony, you will follow us." The two boats darted out of the inlet, leaving Uncle Ben in charge of the "recruits." The Lily and the Dart were eight-oar boats, while the Dip carried only four, and was designed as a "tender" for the fleet.
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