They made me take cod liver oil: that is the height of luxury: a medicine to make you hungry while the others, in the street, woul...d have sold themselves for a beefsteak. I saw them passing my window with their signs: "Give me bread".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 »
In one way an oil boom is a mighty bad thing, because it gets into your blood and almost becomes an obsession. Booms are filled wi...th excitement, adventure, and drama, but sometimes the exit from the scene must be made between suns on a pair of mighty weary feet.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Eat what you can get. Where's the salt... in this dump of a village? And, Lucky Man, what's the use of a salty thing if there's no oil in it?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Bodies of holy men and women exude Miraculous oil, odour of violet.... But under heavy loads of trampled clay Lie bodies of the vampires full of blood; Their shrouds are bloody and their lips are wet.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Oh, that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me; when his lamp shone over my head, and by his lig...ht I walked through darkness; when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was upon my tent; when the Almighty was still with me, when my children were around me; when my steps were washed with milk, and the rock poured out for me streams of oil! When I went out to the gate of the city, when I took my seat in the square, the young men saw me and withdrew, and the aged rose up and stood...LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
For the lips of a loose woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil; but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as ...a two-edged sword.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn sw...ords. Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »