He was a seaman, but he was a wanderer too, while most seamen lead, if one may so express it, a sedentary life. Their minds are of the stay-at-home order, and their home is always with them - the ship; and so is their country - the sea.
As may be supposed, the business could not but suffer by these long hours passed in drunkenness and scandalmongery, but Mrs, Eusville had three daughters to bring out, and she hoped — when she had disposed of her shop, and her feet were set on the redoubtable staircase of Cork Hill — that her aristocratic friend would extend to her a corial helping hand.
I used to think I was giving society a big ol’ black-nailpolished middle finger as I would strut down the streets in my Docs and torn fishnets.
On the Spuy is a good Dutch Inn, called the Hoff van Utrecht. The Price is a Gilder a Day, or a Shilling for the Dinner only.
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