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Updated: June 14, 2025
Her eyes were emerald and beautiful, as the sea is when you look down upon it from a height and the white sand shines up through the clear depths. Such was Ysolinde, daughter of Gerard von Sturm, favorer of Lubber Fiends and creator of this strange paradise through which she glided like a spangled Orient serpent.
Plainly, Captain Falk and Kipping had won over the simple-minded crew, which was ready to follow them with never a thought of the chance that that precious pair might run off with the spoils themselves and leave the others in the lurch. But now Kipping's indescribably disagreeable voice, which we all by this time knew so well, asked, "Has anybody seen that sojering old lubber, Hayden?"
They were all ready to go when the coach came for them, which the admiral had ordered for them. "Jack, you lubber; where are you?" "Ay, ay, sir, here am I." "Go, and station yourself up in some place where you can keep a good look-out for the coach, and come and report when you see it."
Here in Patna I saw a dissembling prophet, who sat on a horse in the market-place, making as if he were asleep, and many of the people came and touched his feet with their hands, which they then kissed. They took him for a great man, but in my opinion he was only a lazy lubber, whom I left sleeping there. The people of these countries are much given to these dissembling hypocrites.
Come, now, what was he jawing v'yages, cap'ns, ships? Pipe up! What was it?" "We was a-talkin' of keel-hauling," answered Morgan. "Keel-hauling, was you? and a mighty suitable thing, too, and you may lay to that. Get back to your place for a lubber, Tom."
"I do not understand what you mean," said Mustapha. "That's 'cause you're a lubber of a landsman. The long and short of walking a plank is just this. We passed a wide plank over the gunnel, greasing it well at the outer end, led the Frenchmen up to it blindfolded, and wished them `bon voyage, in their own lingo, just out of politeness.
What I mean is, have an accident like; one of us sneeze, or burst out a-coughing, and me break out into a regular passion, calling him as coughed a stoopid lubber and a fool for showing the enemy where we are. It will be best for me to be him as coughs or sneezes, and do it all myself so as not to have any muddle over it.
Stay! or ile make ye stay: I charge ye stir not. 2 Cap. What thinck you now? dare not theis men do Justice? This is the body of Leidenberg, that killd himself To free his Cause: his shame has found him yet. Prov. Up with him, come: set all your hands & heave him! Exec. A plaguy, heavy Lubber! Sure this fellow Has a bushell of plot in's belly, he weighes so massy.
But once away, you will be free from these terrors; and now, as you have promised, do not let yourselves be seen any where at all." "You have our promises, admiral; and they shall be religiously kept, I can assure you." "Boat, ahoy ahoy!" shouted Jack. "What boat?" said the admiral, surprised; and then he muttered, "Confound you for a lubber!
"Now, you know, if he wasn't a parson, d n me if I'd turn in to-night till I'd rope's-ended that lubber!" "As if I'd let you dirty your hands with such rubbish! I sent the note back to him with just one line, 'Such a fool as you are has no right to be a villain. There, David, there is your poor sister's life. Oh, what I went through for that man!
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