The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 148Atlantic Monthly Company, 1931 - American essays |
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Page 89
... watch below on the royal yard . For the sake of discipline , how- ever , he could not overlook the boy's carelessness a second time , so he compromised . ' Stay on the poop the rest of the watch , an ' keep movin ' , ' he com- manded ...
... watch below on the royal yard . For the sake of discipline , how- ever , he could not overlook the boy's carelessness a second time , so he compromised . ' Stay on the poop the rest of the watch , an ' keep movin ' , ' he com- manded ...
Page 91
... watch came on the poop to hold the glass , the boy held the log reel , the mate eased the line over the stern while the sand ran out of the half - minute glass . The ship was going , according to his reading , at the rate of ten knots ...
... watch came on the poop to hold the glass , the boy held the log reel , the mate eased the line over the stern while the sand ran out of the half - minute glass . The ship was going , according to his reading , at the rate of ten knots ...
Page 756
... watch his step and he can't let sentiment run away with his good sense . Here's what I'm up against . I'm goin ... watches it . If I turn you out , people is goin ' to say law and order means my enemies , but it don't apply to my friends ...
... watch his step and he can't let sentiment run away with his good sense . Here's what I'm up against . I'm goin ... watches it . If I turn you out , people is goin ' to say law and order means my enemies , but it don't apply to my friends ...
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