...cockswain, who. when their faces were within a foot of each other, gave vent to his emotions in these words : — " A messmate, before a shipmate ; a shipmate, before a stranger; a stranger, before a dog ; but a dog before a soldier ! " As Tom concluded, his nervous arm was suddenly extended to the...

...woman whom she meets, to make her cut her teeth easily, she has known it tried. Say the sailors, " A messmate before a shipmate, a shipmate before a stranger, a stranger before a dog, and a dog before a soldier." MANY women would not upon any account cut a child's nails till he...

...woman whom she meets, to make her cut her teeth easily, she has known it tried. Say the sailors, " A messmate before a shipmate, a shipmate before a stranger, a stranger before a dog, and a dog before a soldier." MANT women would not upon any account cut a child's nails till he...

...contempt. Borroughcliffe felt the iron fingers, that still grasped his collar, gradually tigh emng about his throat, like a vice, and, as the arm slowly...shipmate, before a stranger ; a stranger, before a dog — but a dog before a soldier !" As Tom concluded, his nervous arm was suddenly extended to the...

...tar, is the most stinging epithet of contempt at the command of a sailor. There is an old saying — " A messmate before a shipmate, a shipmate before a stranger, a stranger before a dog, but a dog before a soldier," which expresses fully the contempt in which they are held. The ship's...

...tar, is the most stinging epithet of contempt at the command of a sailor. There is an old saying " a messmate before a shipmate, a shipmate before a stranger, a stranger before a dog, but a dog before a soldier." which expresses fully the contempt in which they are held. The s/u'p's...

...One of Cooper's naval heroes expressed the descending scale of hatred very forcibly when he said " A messmate before a shipmate ; a shipmate before a stranger ; a stranger before a dog ; but, a dog before a soldier." We think average provincial Englishmen would place "a Central Board"...

...which continued in vogue till not very many years ago. I have myself heard it said, and meant too, ' A messmate before a shipmate ; a shipmate before a stranger ; a stranger before a dog ; but — a dog before a soldier.' When we remember the numerous instances to be found in our own...

...contracted, his body was drawn, by a power that it was in vain to resist, close to that of the cockBwain, who, when their faces were within a foot of each other,...shipmate, before a stranger; a stranger, before a dog — but a dog before a soldier!" As Tom concluded, his nervous arm was suddenly extended V> the...

...which continued in vogue till not very many years ago. I have myself heard it said, and meant too, ' a messmate before a shipmate, a shipmate before a stranger, a stranger before a dog, but — a dog before a soldier.' "* In our annals there are many instances of a want of unanimity...