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Updated: June 19, 2025
They were rocking to and fro together, and now and again they glanced at the two young men. "Nothing there for me that's only for you land-lubbers," said Per Kofod. "For look you now, they're like so many little lambs whose ears you've got to tickle.
We know, that, when we pen anything for our coevals, it is with due attention to such facts as we can command, that we have a wholesome fear of criticism, that, if we make blunders in our seamanship, even though professedly land-lubbers, some awful Knickerbocker stands by with the Marine Dictionary in hand to pounce upon us.
Travellin' in furrin parts was you!" this in admiration from the barmaid. " and we ain't seein' oursel's turning inter land-lubbers in no sich spot as that. Pal told us there was a 'arbour down 'ere abahts, wiv a factory wot a sailorman might git work at an' still 'old 'is self-respec'. So we walked 'ere." "Wot energy!"
Most of these promenaders were men of business who were required to make frequent ocean passages. They were as familiar with moistened decks, cloudy skies, and heavy seas as the land-lubbers are with stone pavements and hotel corridors. The green and red lights on the starboard and port sides and the white light on the foremast now burned brightly.
"Those precious surveyors and engineers that Walsh brings down can give an account of them! As soon as you come of age, you'll have to double your staff of keepers, I can tell you." "Guardians of ferae naturae," said Gerald. "I thought your father did all that was required in that line," said Clement. "Not since duffers and land-lubbers have been marauding over Penbeacon- aye, and elsewhere.
The ganger's shrewd code "All as says they be land-lubbers when I says they baint, be liars, and all liars be seamen" effectually shut that door in his face. There were other openings, it is true, whereby a knowing chap might wriggle free, but officers and medicoes were extremely "fly." He had not practised his many deceptions upon them through long years for nothing.
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