February 2012
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‘Oh thank you, thank you, sir,’ cried Babbington, suffused with joy. It was not...
– HMS Surprise, Patrick O’Brian (via star-cunning)
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PREVIEW: 50 first pages of Crucible of Gold →
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loopdeloup:
“Killick’s voice could be heard coming nearer:’No peace, no bleeding peace in this barky,’ and as the door opened, ‘Sir?’
‘Toasted cheese for the Doctor, half a dozen mutton-chops for me, and a couple of bottles of the Hermitage. D’ye hear me there? Now, Stephen, give me an A.’
They tuned their strings, that pleasant tentative wailing, and as they tuned he said, ‘What do you say to...
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all-the-sea-things asked: i'm fangirling all over your blog!
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Naval Heroes of the United States lithograph
ihavenotyetbeguntofight:
Lithograph by N. Currier, 1846, featuring John Paul Jones, Richard Dale, John Barry, et. al. [Source]
Submission by thingsihappentolike.
aspiringsteelmagnolia asked: I just wanted to let you know that the download of Master and Commander that you just posted doesn't work because it's from Megaupload! Do you know of anywhere that I could download it though?
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“I suppose you are one of those hoarding creatures,” Laurence said, looking...
– Temeraire [His Majesty’s Dragon], by Naomi Novik
(oh my gods, will you look at them? *melts*)
January 2012
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My dearest friend, your letters have made me happy, to-day; and never again will...
– Horatio Nelson to Emma Hamilton, 1801 (via levieuxcordelier)
I am just going to go ahead and say that ‘confidence’ is a euphemism.
you take it from there.
(via reneexmaria)
thats what i fucking said! HAHAHA!
(via annie-wyatt)
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sophistory:
She was abreast of the point; she came smoothly to the wind, and her single carronade began to speak. Seventeen feeble puffs of smoke, and seventeen little bangs like damp squibs over the miles of deep blue sea; when the last faint yelp had died away, the flagship began her deep, full-throated reply, and at the same time another hoist ran up on shore. “Captain repair to flag, if you...
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