In short, look at yourself altogether, and then tell me, provided you be an officer, whether, from respect to the service, it would not be my duty to contradict it.

It goes against my conscience, my dear fellow; but recollect that when we arrive at the depot, you will be able to prove it, so it's only waiting a little while, until the captains will pass their word for you, which is more than I will." "Well, it's very hard," replied the midshipman, "that I must go on eating this black rye bread; and very unkind of you." "It's very kind of me, you spalpeen of the Snapper.

Prison will be a paradise to you, when you get into good commons.

How you'll relish your grub by-and-by! So now shut your pan, or by the tail of Jonah's whale, I'll swear you're a Spaniard." I could not help thinking that O'Brien was very severe upon the poor lad, and I expostulated with him afterwards.

He replied, "Peter, if, as a cutter's midshipman, he is a bit of an officer, the devil a bit is he of a gentleman, either born or bred: and I'm not bound to bail every blackguard-looking chap that I meet.