they would request us to endure still the rustling of their silken cassocks, and that we would burst our Midriffs, rather than laugh to see them under sail in all their lawn and sarcenet, their shrouds and tackle, with a Geometrical Rhomboides upon their heads

The larger the boat, the more can these dimensions be exaggerated, and we are afraid that a model to scale would be very crank. A 20-in. water-line model of the design given could not comfortably carry more than 400 sq. ins., and it would be advisable to drop the keel another inch to make the draught about 4½ ins.

She was taller than the man, and the equability of her body, contrasting with his indolent slouch, accentuated the difference.

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