Then the Edwards--glorious fellows!--remember that they were all but one Plantagenets; a name, of itself, to rouse an Englishman's fire!" "And yet the only difference between the right of these very Plantagenets to the throne, and that of the reigning prince, is, that one produced a revolution by the strong hand, and the other was produced by a revolution that came from the nation.

I do not know that your Plantagenets ever did any thing for a navy; the only real source of England's power and glory.

D----e, Dick, if I think so much of your Plantagenets, after all!" "And yet the name of Oakes is to be met with among their bravest knights, and most faithful followers." "The Oakes, like the pines, have been timbers in every ship that has floated," returned the vice-admiral, half-unconscious himself, of the pun he was making.
For more than a minute Sir Gervaise continued his walk, his head a little inclined forward, like a man who pondered deeply on some matter of interest.

Then, suddenly stopping, he turned towards his friend, whom he regarded for near another minute, ere he resumed the discourse.
"I wish I could fairly get you to exercise your excellent reason on this matter, Dick," he said, after the pause; "then I should be certain of having secured you on the side of liberty." Admiral Bluewater merely shook his head, but he continued silent, as if he deemed discussion altogether supererogatory.

During this pause, a gentle tap at the door announced a visiter; and, at the request to enter, Atwood made his appearance.