|
The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley: like other fiends, with an evil savor."
As soon, however, as Amyas was on board again, he rounded his
friend Mr. Brimblecombe in the ear, and told him he had better play
the man a little more, roaring less before he was hurt, and keeping
his breath to help his strokes, if he wished the crew to listen
much to his discourses. Frank, hearing this, bade Amyas leave the
offender to him, and so began upon him with--
"Come hither, thou recreant Jack, thou lily-livered Jack, thou
hysterical Jack. Tell me now, thou hast read Plato's Dialogues,
and Aristotle's Logic?"
To which Jack very meekly answered, "Yes."
|
