Snarleyyow, Or, The Dog FiendSet in 1699 and framed around the Jacobite conspiracies of the time. Cornelius Vanslyperken is the commander of a small vessel that hunts for smugglers in the English Channel. Snarleyyow is his "indestructible" dog. |
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Page 41 - I haven't the gift of the gab, my boys; so each man to his gun; If she's not mine in half an hour, I'll flog each mother's son.
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Page 41 - gainst every odds —and I've gain'd the victory. Our captain sent for all of us; my merry men, said he, I haven't the gift of the gab, my lads, but yet I thankful be: You've done your duty handsomely, each man stood to his gun; If you hadn't, you villains, as sure as day, I'd have flogg'd each mother's son. Odds bobs, hammer and tongs, as long as I'm at sea, I'll fight 'gainst every odds —and I'll gain the victory.