"Heigh-Ho-Ha-Hum! Oh dear me!" "What's matter, sir?" "Matter, Dirty Dick? Nothing; only, heigh-ho-ha! Oh dear me, how sleepy I am!" "Well, sir, I wouldn't open my mouth like that 'ere, 'fore the sun's up." "Why not?" "No knowing what you might swallow off this here nasty, cold, foggy, stony coast." "There you go again, Dick; not so good as Lincolnshire coast, I suppose?" "As good, sir? Why, how can it be?" said the broad, sturdy sailor addressed. "Nothin' but great high stony rocks, full o' beds of great flat periwinkles ...
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"Heigh-Ho-Ha-Hum! Oh dear me!" "What's matter, sir?" "Matter, Dirty Dick? Nothing; only, heigh-ho-ha! Oh dear me, how sleepy I am!" "Well, sir, I wouldn't open my mouth like that 'ere, 'fore the sun's up." "Why not?" "No knowing what you might swallow off this here nasty, cold, foggy, stony coast." "There you go again, Dick; not so good as Lincolnshire coast, I suppose?" "As good, sir? Why, how can it be?" said the broad, sturdy sailor addressed. "Nothin' but great high stony rocks, full o' beds of great flat periwinkles and whelks; nowhere to land, nothin' to see. I am surprised at you, sir. Why, there arn't a morsel o' sand."
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Fair. A hardback volume in Acceptable to Good condition, pictorial boards (two men, one a soldier, standing at a table) clean and quite bright, fore-edge slightly flecked, a little foxing to prelim. pages, interior also quite clean and quite bright. No dustjacket, as issued. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (the pictures you see on Alibris are NOT our own).