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OLD MANX SAILOR. Ready formed. There! the ringed horizon. In that ring Cain struck Abel. Sweet work, right work! No? Why then, God, mad'st thou the ring?
MATE'S VOICE FROM THE QUARTER-DECK. Hands by the halyards! -------------------in -------------------top-gallant sails! Stand by to reef topsails!
ALL. The squall! the squall! jump, my jollies! (THEY SCATTER.)
Thank you!
MATE'S VOICE FROM THE QUARTER-DECK. Hands by the halyards! -------------------in -------------------top-gallant sails! Stand by to reef topsails!
ALL. The squall! the squall! jump, my jollies! (THEY SCATTER.)
Thank you!
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| 3 +6 | Take the top-gallant sails in |
Jack Doughty
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Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
Translator since 1953
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, German to English, English
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Take the top-gallant sails in
First the mate orders the hands to stand by the halyards, then to take in the top-gallant sails, then to stand by to reef the topsails.
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