 Well, Jack, what's the matter with you'?' Sailor. 'Lost my right arm, your honour.' Nelson paused, looked down at his own empty sleeve, then at the sailor, and said playfully, 'Well, Jack, then you and I are spoiled for fishermen — cheer up, my brave...  Chalkstream and Moorland: Thoughts on Trout-fishing - Page 12by Harold Russell - 1911 - 251 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sketches - 1799 - 204 pages
...paused, looked down at his own empty sleeve, then at the sailor, and said playfully, ' Well, Jack, then you and I are spoiled for fishermen — cheer up, my brave fellow !' and he passed briskly on to the next bed ; but these few words had a magical effect upon the poor... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1828 - 636 pages
...paused, looked down at his own empty sleeve, then at the sailor, und said playfully, " Well, Jack, then you and I are spoiled for fishermen — cheer up, my brave fellow." And he passed briskly on to the next bed ; but these few words had a magical effect upon the poor fellow,... | |
 | 1828 - 592 pages
...paused, looked down at his own empty sleeve, then at the sailor, and said playfully, " Well, Jack, then you and I are spoiled for fishermen— cheer up, my brave fellow. And he passed briskly on to the next bed ; but these few words had a magical effect upon the poor fellow,... | |
 | 1829 - 446 pages
...paused, looked down at his own empty sleeve, then at the sailor, and said, playfully, ' Well, Jack, then you and I are spoiled for fishermen — cheer up, my brave fellow !' And he passed briskly on to the next bed> but these few words had a magical effect upon the poor... | |
 | 1831 - 526 pages
...paused, looked down at his own empty sleeve, then at the sailor, and said, playfully, 4 Well, Jack, then you and I are spoiled for fishermen — cheer up, my brave fellow ! ' And he passed briskly on to the next bed : but these few words had a magical effect upon the poor... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1848 - 418 pages
...paused, looked down at his own empty sleeve, then at the sailor, and said playfully, ' Well, Jack, then you and I are spoiled for fishermen — cheer up, my brave fellow.' And he passed briskly onto the next bed ; but these few words had a magical effect upon the poor fellow,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1835 - 402 pages
...paused, looked down at his own empty sleeve, then at the sailor, and said playfully, ' Well, Jack, then you and I are spoiled for fishermen — cheer up, my brave fellow.' And he passed briskly on to the next bed ; but these few words had a magical effect upon the poor fellow,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1835 - 396 pages
...paused, looked down at his own empty sleeve, then at the Bailor, and said playfully, ( Well, Jack, then you and I are spoiled for fishermen — cheer up, my brave fellow.' And he passed briskly on to the next bed ; but these few words had a magical effect upon the poor fellow,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 446 pages
...Nelson paused, looked down at his own empty sleeve, then at the sailor, and said playfully, 'Well, Jack, then you and I are spoiled for fishermen — cheer up, my brave fellow.' And he passed briskly on to the next bed; but these few words had a magical effect upon the poor fellow,... | |
 | Toby (Hogarth's own dog.), William Hogarth (pseud.) - 1854 - 206 pages
...Nelson paused, looked down at his empty sleeve, then at the sailor, and said playfully,, " Well, Jack, then you and I are spoiled for fishermen ; cheer up, my brave fellow." 611. A BLESSING TO PAVIOUBS. Dr. Tadloe, who was a very fat man, happening to go thump, thump, through... | |
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