Now, you mummy's darlings, get a rift on them boots. Definitely shine 'em, my little curly-headed lambs, for in our mob, war or no... war, you die with clean boots on.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I--'ave--marched--six--weeks in 'Ell an' certify It--is--not--fire--devils, dark or anything,... But boots--boots--boots--boots--movin' up an' down again, An' there's no discharge in the war!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Boots Mulcahey: I'm not gonna make a speech. I just got something to say. Tomorrow our old pal, Doc, here's goin' out. He's bein' ...paid off after 30 years. I know most of you kids gotta long way to go before you find out what 30 years in the Navy means. It means service tough and good. It means serving your country in peace and in war. So let's raise our glasses. Radio announcer: We interrupt this program for an important announcement. This morning.... Boots Mulcahey: Aw, cut that thing off. So let's raise our glasses and drink with all the solemnity this occasion demands.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It was a time when only the dead smiled, happy in their peace.... ... Stars of Death stood over us, and innocent Russia squirmed under the bloody boots, under the wheels of black Marias.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the bootmaker.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In the present age, alas! our pens are ravished by unlettered authors and unmannered critics, that make a havoc rather than a buil...ding, a wilderness rather than a garden. But, alack! what boots it to drop tears upon the preterit?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The crew was complete: it included a Boots-- A maker of Bonnets and Hoods--... A Barrister, brought to arrange their disputes-- And a Broker, to value their goods.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »