I thought his little coals of eyes were glittering, too, more than common, most probably with moisture.

"You're a droll navigator, and make no more of the ice than a colt makes of a rail.

But though the man at the wheel is not always awake the heart seldom sleeps." "When the 'Debby and Dolly' is fairly in the water, you will do me the pleasure of letting me know it." "Count on me, Sir John.

Before we part, I have, however, a small favor to ask." "Name it." Here Noah drew out of his pocket a sort of basso relievo carved in pine.
It represented Neptune armed with a harpoon instead of a trident; the captain always contending that the god of the seas should never carry the latter, but that, in its place, he should be armed either with the weapon he had given him, or with a boat-hook.

On the right of Neptune was an English gentleman holding out a bag of guineas.