As it was cold, I collected quite a pile of wood and lay down on a board against the side of the building, not having any blanket ...to cover me, with my head to the fire, that I might look after it, which is not the Indian rule. But as it grew colder towards midnight, I at length encased myself completely in boards, managing even to put a board on top of me, with a large stone on it, to keep it down, and so slept comfortably. I was reminded, it is true, of the Irish children, who inquired what their neighbors did who had no door to put over them in winter nights as they had; but I am convinced that there was nothing very strange in the inquiry. Those who have never tried it can have no idea how far a door, which keeps the single blanket down, may go toward making one comfortable.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I know what you're thinking. Did he fire six shots or only five? Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I've kinda lo...st track myself. But being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off--you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
McCoy: That shark's been following us ever since the surgeon died, waiting for the burial. Couldn't I have a musket to shoot it, s...ir? Fletcher Christian: Take the deck, McCoy. I'll get the keys to the arms chest. McCoy: Get two muskets, sir. I'd like to shoot that shark on board.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When we stand the truth on its head we generally fail to notice that our head is not standing where it should be standing either.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
What is the waiting head doing? It looks the same. Will it lean forward as I turn to go?... I think I can hear it call to me below but no one came no one came.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There is nothing so bad or so good that you will not find Englishmen doing it; but you will never find an Englishman in the wrong.... He does everything on principle. He fights you on patriotic principles; he robs you on business principles; he enslaves you on imperial principles; he bullies you on manly principles; he supports his king on loyal principles and cuts off his king's head on republican principles. His watchword is always Duty; and he never forgets that the nation which lets its duty get on the opposite side to its interest is lost.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »