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Away went the woollen caps in which we had carried hides upon our heads, for sixteen months, on the coast of California; the duck frocks, for tarring down rigging; and the worn-out and darned mittens and patched woollen trowsers which had stood the tug of Cape Horn.
If corn can be protected by tarring, so that the crows will not eat it, they will prove a benefit by leaving the corn and picking up grubs in the field. Where corn has been tarred, I have never known the crows to touch it. Mr. Sedgwick remarked that, in addition to destroying the corn crop, the crow was also very destructive of the eggs of other birds.
If she told him herself he would know no other way she would do it deliberately with the set purpose of tarring him with the same brush; she would show him how his attempt on Herr Van de Greutz might also be made to look. He would not be convinced, of course, but at bottom the two things were so related that it would be surprising if she did not get a few shafts home.
In this way it escaped the usual tarring fore and aft. Elias now thought about sailing home, but went first into the town, provided himself and family with provisions against Christmas, and indulged in a little nip of brandy besides. Glad as he was over the day's bargain, he, and his wife too, took an extra drop in their e'en, and their son Bernt had a taste of it too.
Lastly, he is a poet, and has lived by his trade that is to say, on next to nothing, as you will readily understand. Being a poet, he has spent more time weaving day-dreams, and basking, lizard-like, in the sun, than scribing in his dingy garret. Now, practical people have a way of tarring with the same brush of inconstancy authors, artists, and in general all men who live by their brains.
If we add to this all the tarring, greasing, oiling, varnishing, painting, scraping, and scrubbing which is required in the course of a long voyage, and also remember this is all to be done in addition to watching at night, steering, reefing, furling, bracing, making and setting sail, and pulling, hauling, and climbing in every direction, one will hardly ask, ``What can a sailor find to do at sea?
The man is in a political campaign and you know enough of his record to give weight to your suggestions. You say he doesn't want to sell make him want to! My plans are rather too large to admit of 'buts' and 'ifs. Presumably I employ men who can override them." Ruferton continued to stare blankly. "But surely " Hamilton had already turned to Tarring and he wheeled with a snap in his voice.
Richard's rules. The origin of tarring and feathering. Command of the fleet. The fleet dispersed by a storm. A delay in Lisbon. The rendezvous at Vezelai. Devastation by the armies. Richard goes to the East in advance of his fleet. The rendezvous at Messina. Joanna. Richard's visit. King Richard's excursions. Ostia. A quarrel. Why Richard quarreled with the bishop. Naples and Vesuvius. The crypt.
He stared across at the heavy windbreaks between the fields long, ragged structures built in hope of outwitting the vicious winds that howled across the land during the long winter. Pete picked bits of tar from his beard, and wiped the dirt from his forehead with the back of his hand. "This tarring is mean," he said wearily. "Glad to take a break."
The wind has been fresh all day from the eastward, bringing in some sea, and as we have been riding across the tide, the ship has had some motion. Caulking and painting, tarring down and squaring ratlines, &c. Commenced condensing water to supply the barque for her return voyage to England.
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