Charles Dickens

“ The ringing voice of Boldheart was lost in the report of the guns and the screeching of the savages. Volley after volley awakened the numerous echoes. Hundreds of savages were killed, hundreds wounded, and thousands ran howling in the woods. The Latin grammar master had a spare night-cap lent him, and a long-tailed coat, which he wore hind side before. ”

“ Our hero put the crew on short allowance, and put himself on shorter allowance than any man in the ship. But his spirit kept him fat. In this extremity the gratitude of Boozey, the captain of the foretop, whom our leaders may remember, was truly affecting. The loving though lowly William repeatedly requested to be killed and preserved for the captain's table.
We now approach a change in affairs.
One day, during a gleam of sunshine, and when the weather had moderated, the man at the mast-head—too weak now to touch his hat, besides it having been blown away—called out,
"Savages!" ”

“ It is painful to record (but such is human nature in some cousins) that Captain Boldheart's unmannerly Cousin Tom was actually tied up to receive three dozen with a rope's end "for cheekiness and making game," when Captain Boldheart's lady begged for him and he was spared. " The Beauty " then refitted and the captain and his bride departed for the Indian Ocean to enjoy themselves forevermore. ”

“ His mother replied that the object of his affections was then at school at Margate, for the benefit of sea-bathing (it was the month of September) , but that she feared the young lady's friends were still opposed to the union. ”