Questions

This is a list of all the questions and their associated study carrel identifiers. One can learn a lot of the "aboutness" of a text simply by reading the questions.

identifier	question
40847	Captain Hardy is reported to have said to him,"I suppose, my Lord, that by crowding all this sail you mean to attack those 18 ships?"
45583	Have you ever heard the story of how Scapa got its name?
56653	But how long can that last?
56653	What had happened in the meantime?
56653	Which is the better system?
56653	Who shall say?
56653	Why should it be?
56653	Why, it was asked, should she not again assume upon the seas that dominating position which she once undoubtedly held?
40871	Do you know,said he to Mr. Ferguson,"what is shown on board the commander- in- chief?
40871	I hope,said Nelson,"none of our ships have struck?"
40871	My old friend, Colonel Benbow,said he,"what do you here?"
40871	Should we both fall, Josiah,said he,"what would become of your poor mother?
40871	Then marched they toward the road, whereinto they entered softly, where were five warders, whom one of them asked, saying, who was there? 40871 Well, Hardy,"said Nelson,"how goes the day with us?"
40871	What,said he in his answer,"has poor Horatio, who is so weak, done, that he above all the rest should be sent to rough it out at sea?
40871	Who is that?
40871	''What''s that to you, sir?''
40871	But their astonishment may be imagined, when, on coming along side, they were hailed in good English with--"Won''t you heave us a rope now?"
40871	But who can be presumptuously sure of his own judgment?
40871	He brought an inquiry from the prince, What was the object of Nelson''s note?
40871	He had scarcely landed before the officers of the revenue inquired of his servant what he had in his sack?
40871	How can it be avoided?
40871	In answer to the question,"Who are you?"
40871	Shall we give them battle?"
40871	The admiral commanded the French captain on board him, and asked him if he was willing to lay down his sword?
40871	Then said Sonnings angrily,"What have you to do with any matters of mine?
40871	Then, shrugging up his shoulders, he repeated the words--"Leave off action?
40871	Think ye my attendance in these seas to be in vain, or my person to no purpose?
40871	What man can devise to save it?
40871	What satisfaction can I receive from the liberty to crawl a few years longer on the earth with the infamous load of a pardon at my back?
40871	Where are your bills of lading, your letters, passports, and the chief of your men?
40871	Who could stand the force of such general congratulations?
40871	Why stand ye aloof off?
40871	grandmamma,"replied the future hero,"I never saw fear: what is it?"
40871	have they broke me?"
40871	know ye not your duty to the Catholic king, whose person I here represent?
40871	que nuevas?_ Have these Englishmen yielded?"
40871	que nuevas?_ Have these Englishmen yielded?"
40871	said the king,"is that all that could be found for an old friend at Worcester?
46788	And now you feel like an officer in her Majesty''s service?
46788	Do n''t you know? 46788 Do you ever get licked?"
46788	How do you know it is broken?
46788	How is it,he wants to know,"that so few cadets are to be seen dancing in the evening?
46788	I say, how do you like being a Prince?
46788	Mr. Bass: The arms are not tied to ringbolts? 46788 Now, what do you call this?"
46788	Simple or compound fracture?
46788	What do you do when you''re at home?
46788	What ought I to do?
46788	What, do n''t you want your supper, sir?
46788	Why?
46788	You think you would feel like a schoolboy?
46788	( the guardship at Portland), or"Avez vous etez a Weymouth?"
46788	After mess there was not much to do except pace the deck and ask fellows their names( which was not unfrequently answered by"What''s yours?").
46788	And what about the second eleven?
46788	And who are to be our writers?
46788	But first, who will read our magazine?
46788	Do any of those amazing scenes which he so graphically describes still linger in the lenses?
46788	He always had a kindly word for any lad whom he might casually encounter:"Well, Smith, we tackled that chronometer this morning, did n''t we?"
46788	He answered in a cheery tone:"The bell, sir?
46788	How have they discharged this heavy responsibility?
46788	If previous training proved so beneficial to seamen, why not institute a similar school for officers?
46788	If there was little or no method in regard to entry, how did the youngsters of those days fare as to education?
46788	Now, the king, in a terrible riot, Sang out to his guard down below, Saying,"Rascals, how can you keep quiet?
46788	Now, why is this?
46788	Now, young gentleman, are you going to rouse out over there?"
46788	Oh, say, what may it be?"
46788	Oh, say, what may it be?"
46788	Oh, say, what may it be?"
46788	Oh, say, what may it be?"
46788	One of them was asked,"How would you like to be put into a house on the top of that hill?"
46788	Parents, brothers and sisters?
46788	Shall it be on shore, or afloat?
46788	Some of the fellows at sea?
46788	Sometimes the professor would press for a little more variety; and was invariably met either with"Avez vous etez on board le_ Colossus_?"
46788	The officers?
46788	Then spake the captain to Sir Bedivel:"Hast thou performed the order that I gave?
46788	What hast thou done?"
46788	What is it thou hast seen?
46788	What more could you want?"
46788	What was to be done?
46788	What would happen to a"new"who so presumed?
46788	Where are the boys to go after they have intimated their desire to enter the Navy, and have produced an Oxford and Cambridge Local certificate?
46788	Why not a steam vessel, larger and more commodious than the_ Wave_, and fully rigged?
46788	Why not revive a training school under a new aspect, in which every cadet should be compelled to undergo a course of instruction before going to sea?
46788	Why should we not bring them out to the world?
46788	Why_ brigs_?
46788	Would it not be possible to give the headship to a man used to boys, and with some ideas of managing them beyond the stick and the"second class"?
46788	_ Photo: Smale& Son, Dartmouth._] Well, then, what will our paper be filled with?
46788	do n''t you hear?
46788	or,"How does the Great Circle sailing get on?"
41244	A past?
41244	Did you make out your people, Jones?
41244	How many millions of people, for example?
41244	I suppose you saw the Great White Way in New York?
41244	That''s going some; wonder what the Chilean Admiral thinks of that?
41244	That''s mighty nice to whitewash a lot of stones in that way, is n''t it?
41244	Well, what does the farm-- whatever it is-- say?
41244	What do the Revised Statutes say?
41244	What do you prescribe?
41244	What do you use in your home, Jackson-- agate ware?
41244	What is the remedy?
41244	What is the treatment?
41244	What ship is that? 41244 What was the time?"
41244	What''s the matter?
41244	Where you going?
41244	''Tain''t snakes?
41244	''Twas nice to hear from home, was n''t it?
41244	Amusing?
41244	And did n''t Midshipman Brainerd, the well known oarsman of the Naval Academy not long ago, act as time keeper?
41244	And did n''t Midshipman McKittrick, the recent champion boxer of the Naval Academy, referee the bouts?
41244	And did n''t the first class men have liberty to go ashore?
41244	And did n''t the officers sit close to the ropes just where President Roosevelt sat on his trip to Panama?
41244	And how was it in the old days?
41244	And is the pointer doing his work well?
41244	And then did n''t someone remark that"dear old Kim"had n''t been seen in all the parading that night?
41244	And then did n''t the men who did n''t have liberty have comic athletic sports in the afternoon?
41244	And then, for revenge, did n''t the crowd sing a song about Kim?
41244	And was n''t every man of them able to toe a seam as he answered to his name on the liberty list?
41244	And was n''t it tested until nothing but the rack was left?
41244	And, then, did n''t we start out from Punta Arenas on Friday night at the eleventh hour?
41244	Bill explained how the banderillero did it:"Say, did y''see that feller?
41244	Bill says it is on him and what''ll ye have?
41244	But how is it all done?
41244	But what did Jack care?
41244	But what is the use of being a big nation if you ca n''t be big hearted with it and show that you do n''t hold resentments?
41244	But what was the matter with the Kansas, directly astern?
41244	But why get worked up over that, you ask?
41244	But why should they be nervous about the shooting?
41244	But you want to know all about it?
41244	Could hospitality go further than that?
41244	Did he make a hit?
41244	Did n''t one of the daily morning newspapers give a quarter of a column of space to the fleet on the second day after its arrival?
41244	Did n''t some of the surgeons on the fleet shake their heads gravely when it was signalled from the flagship that there would be general liberty?
41244	Did n''t the carpenter dance a highland fling?
41244	Did n''t the electrical gunner join with the chief engineer in giving down the twenty- seven bells song?
41244	Did n''t the guide books tell you it was a foul, ill smelling place?
41244	Did n''t they come back loaded down with souvenir postal cards, baskets of fruit, parrots and monkeys?
41244	Did n''t we have the Connecticut to lead us?
41244	Did you ever hear about the willywaws?
41244	Did you ever see a hobgoblin?
41244	Did you notice that police official who just went by?
41244	Do you hear us?
41244	Do you hear us?
41244	Down at one corner some man will cry out:"Who killed Cock Robin?"
41244	Expensive?
41244	Get her distance now?
41244	Given great beauty and the love of a hat on the part of a woman-- what chance has a black manta got?
41244	Growl?
41244	Had anybody made it out?
41244	Had n''t all the timid folk spoken of the terrible risks to be run?
41244	Had n''t some of them been here before?
41244	His salary?
41244	Honest?
41244	How are ye, Amph?"
41244	How could any one expect the people to get enthusiastic over an American fleet under such conditions?
41244	How do you like being tousled up?
41244	If that was all there was to going through Magellan, why on earth had there been such a big scare about it all?
41244	If there was a suspicion of a rolling gait in two or three could n''t they lay it to the heat?
41244	In time of conflict the chief one is:"Wonder where we''ll catch the enemy?"
41244	In time of peace the chief one seems to be:"Wonder where we''ll get the mail?"
41244	Instantly the query ran through the fleet: Has Admiral Evans been promoted?
41244	It''s always,"Will you kindly?"
41244	Jes''sidewalk?
41244	Just that much is what you want to know?
41244	Men with nerves on warships?
41244	Nep softened a bit at that, and then said he was glad to see him again, but how about these strange ailments?
41244	Nevertheless, how many of our own frontier towns could stand inspection when it comes to investigating the careers of some of their solid citizens?
41244	No?
41244	No?
41244	Now, what can a conscientious correspondent do when, for the good of the service and the welfare of the country, he''s all tied up like that?
41244	Oh, yes, there was lots of excitement and agility and skill and all that, but why describe a bullfight as a bullfight?
41244	Only twenty- five now?
41244	Snakes?
41244	Some people think that the purpose of the cruise was to go calling internationally, to say"How d''y do?"
41244	Speaking about wireless telegraph, have you heard the latest wrinkle in it, the most up to date use of it?
41244	The cost?
41244	The one comment was:"Where did they get these fine looking women?"
41244	They must eat and drink, and what do they do?
41244	Was it intended as mockery?
41244	Was n''t it a matter of course that the city would be reeking with yellow fever in this its midsummer time?
41244	Was n''t it time for the dinner for New Year''s Day to be tested in the cook''s galley?
41244	Was n''t there as fine a specimen of the genus turkey as graced any board in the United States all ready to be tested?
41244	We''re fifty yards too close?
41244	We''re happy and well; Here comes the Vermont, Say, do n''t we look swell?
41244	Well now honest, you say, did n''t the ships do well, pretty well, just a little better than ever before, perhaps a great deal better?
41244	Well, but sea fighters nervous?
41244	Well, what is a willywaw?
41244	What did the Americans find?
41244	What do I see?
41244	What do you do for a baby who cries all night without stopping?"
41244	What place was there on a warship, whose primary purpose is destruction, for such a motto and in such a place?
41244	What shall be said about it?
41244	What was dunderfunk?
41244	What was it all about?
41244	What was that signal at the forward truck?
41244	What was the matter?
41244	What wild sounds then rang in my ear?
41244	What''s that?
41244	What''s the use of being an American man- o''-war''s man if you ca n''t act like a millionaire for an hour or so in a foreign port?
41244	What, you say, American men- o''-wars men in a nervous condition-- one that actually showed itself in their work and their play?
41244	When kin I get a steamer home, mister?
41244	Where are you from and whither are you bound?"
41244	Why do n''t you give details?
41244	Why had he not cured them?
41244	Why?
41244	Will they never get that gun loaded?
41244	Wonder what they''re doing back there?
41244	Wonder when we''ll get the next one?"
41244	You now begin to realize what a battleship means, and you are speculating about it when an officer comes around and says:"Pretty fine, eh?
41244	Your people all right, too?
41244	[ Aside,"Ca n''t some of you keep that damned monkey from screeching so much?"]
41244	and then go into the forty- seven verses about life on the"Old Colorado"?
41244	twang a banjo and set the pace for the"Old New York"and the"Dear Old Broadway"songs?