Desolation Island - Patrick O'Brian (Audio Book)

Voyage of the Leopard

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The Mauritius Command - Patrick O'Brian (Audio Book)

Voyage of the Boadicea
Voyage of the Raisonable
Maturin in The Mauritius

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Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Volume II - Jonathan Strange - Susanna Clarke

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HMS Surprise - Patrick O'Brian (Audio Book)

Voyages from HMS Surprise

Stephen looked sharply round, saw the decanter, smelt to the sloth, and cried, 'Jack, you have debauched my sloth.'

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"Nymphs, forsooth. If they were nymphs, they must have had their being in a tolerably rank and stagnant pool"

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Post Captain - Patrick O'Brian (Audio Book)

Voyages from Post Captain

If you anoint them with the vile decoction we drink and wash in, of course they wilt. You must send ashore for some rain-water; and at that rate of watering, some aquatic plants.

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An intolerably tedious description of Miss Williams, whom Stephen knew a good deal better than Captain Aubrey - her appearance, virtues. 'So direct - straightforward - nothing hole in the corner, if you understand me -no damned purser's tricks - must not swear, however, - like a 32 Iber.' Could he really have likened Sophie to a thirty-two pounder? It was quite possible.

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