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He feels himself personally disgraced by an insult to humanity, for he, too, is only a man; and however stately his house may be and murmurous with music, however glowing with pictures and graceful with statues and reverend with books however his horses may out-trot other horses, and his yachts outsail all yachts the gentleman is king and master of these and not their servant; he wears them for ornament, like the ring upon his finger or the flower in his button-hole, and if they go the gentleman remains.
For at the close of the Revolutionary War the men of note, many of whom had not disdained privateering, found themselves in possession of idle fleets, that with their able seamen could outsail almost anything afloat. So they struck out for new ventures in unknown seas and new channels of trade.
The breeze continuing to freshen, it at length became necessary for the long-boat and ourselves to haul down a reef, in order that we might not outsail and run away from the remainder of the flotilla.
In addition, Mr. Dodge, as has just been hinted, was an ultra-freeman at home a circumstance that seems always to react, when the subject of the feeling gets into foreign countries. "A feather running before a lady's sigh would outsail either of us in this air, which breathes on us in some such fashion as a whale snores, Sir George, by sudden puffs.
"No, no!" replied Donald. "I am sure I can't sail a boat any better than you can." "I can outsail any boat in the fleet when you are ashore." "We can easily settle the matter, Bob." "How?" "You shall sail the Maud, and I will sail the Skylark. If the difference is in the skippers, we shall come in about even. If the Maud is the better sailer, you will beat me." "Good! I'll do it."
Many tried to follow him and find that land of plenty for gutta-percha and rattans, pearl shells and birds' nests, wax and gum-dammar, but the little Flash could outsail every craft in those seas.
These, being fresh from home, should naturally outsail a ship now two and a half years in commission, and which, not long after, had to be wrapped with hawsers to hold her together.
Renouf, however, continued to bear down upon her; and presently the Spaniard, evidently growing alarmed at the menacing behaviour of the schooner, put up her helm and bore away before the wind, with the unmistakable intention of avoiding us if possible. But a cart-horse might as well hope to gallop away from a thorough-bred racer as that ship to outsail the Jean Bart.
To outsail friend Englishman is a great delight, and to out-gun him would be still greater; but if we cannot accomplish those, there will be some pleasure of outwitting him." Renaud Charron was never disposed to make the worst of anything.
I built her myself, wi' your help, nigger; an' I've got faith in her speed. We'll outsail 'em yet." "Dat we will, Massa Brace," assented Snowball, as, close following the sailor, he glided down the rope on to the deck of the Catamaran, where little William had already arrived.
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