The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 149Atlantic Monthly Company, 1932 - American essays |
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Page 428
I served my four - year apprenticeship in a lime - juice ship . That's another way of saying a British ship , sir . Under the law every man in a British ship had to be served a half gill of lime juice a day as a preventive of scurvy .
I served my four - year apprenticeship in a lime - juice ship . That's another way of saying a British ship , sir . Under the law every man in a British ship had to be served a half gill of lime juice a day as a preventive of scurvy .
Page 429
Now then , ' called the do , sir , ' said I. mate , ' who wants to make a voyage in a good ship ? ' None of the idlers made any answer , but in a minute we saw a lean , shabby ship . little fellow pushing his way toward the from.
Now then , ' called the do , sir , ' said I. mate , ' who wants to make a voyage in a good ship ? ' None of the idlers made any answer , but in a minute we saw a lean , shabby ship . little fellow pushing his way toward the from.
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A long canvas alleyway runs from the terminal to the door of the ship . The passengers pass into the waiting room , while the baggage is loaded into the hollow metal wings . The handlers and the two pilots wear guns , for the ship is ...
A long canvas alleyway runs from the terminal to the door of the ship . The passengers pass into the waiting room , while the baggage is loaded into the hollow metal wings . The handlers and the two pilots wear guns , for the ship is ...
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