The book Paul Pry's Delicate Attentions: And Other Tales was written by author Poole, John, 1786?-1872 Here you can read free online of Paul Pry's Delicate Attentions: And Other Tales book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Paul Pry's Delicate Attentions: And Other Tales a good or bad book?
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TRUCKLE. applied the term "gunwale" correctly; but, not feeling perfectly at my ease concerning it, it were safer I should explain that thereby I niean the sort of paling which runs along the sides of the deck to prevent one's tumbling into the water. By this modest caution two points are gained: if the term be the proper one, it might still be unintelligible to many whose voyages, like my own, have been li- mited to those seas; if otherwise I have taken it out of the power of any seaman more e...xperienced than myself to assail me with — ^"D — n your arro- gance!" The Colonel, as I have said, was- sitting on the , gunwale, in that aristocratic division of a Margate steamer which lies between the paddle-box and the stern. His arm^i were superciliously folded across his chest; his head was erect and motionless, turn* ing neither to the right hand nor to the left; whilst his eyes disdained to encounter any meaner object than the glorious heavens themselves. Presently I saw emerging from the ybre-cabin, the happy, good-humoured Mr.
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