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55777But how?
55777But would they be benefited by it?
55777But, said I, it rains, will they come?
55777I afterwards asked the cura how it happened, that two such thoughtless children should be married?
55777Would they be more happy?
55777Would they be more virtuous?
55778And is not this a proof of general disgust and a want of confidence?
55778At this juncture some one advanced to the door, and asked the populace why they had collected in that manner, at this particular time?
55778If it be asked, who is blameable for this dereliction of duty to the cause of American liberty?
55778San Martin now turned round to the Admiral, and said,"are you aware, my lord, that I am Protector of Peru?"
55778Two officers came to Vidal, and said to him, why do you fire on us, we are your countrymen, we do not belong to the insurgents?
55778Was the reducing of Peru to the most degrading slavery, that of obeying his capricious will, the means to make_ us_ happy or even_ himself_?
55778Why is it so long retarded, while Lima suffers such a train of evils that fill her with consternation?
55778or will they oppose the maxims of the gospel of Jesus Christ?
55778why do you hesitate?
55778will they be prejudicial to morality?
55778will they in any manner violate the existing discipline of the church?
55775Had you any conversation with father Bustamante, touching matters of religion?
55775And does the Spaniard imagine, that these miserable men are destitute of corporal feeling as well as of intellectual sensibility?
55775But place a white man in the same situation, and what, let me ask, would be the line of conduct he would pursue?
55775Can content be the companion of the half- naked, half- starved slave?
55775Does neither the bleak wind nor the cold rain make any impression on them?
55775I have often heard a creole ask his son,"Who am I?"
55775I would now ask Don Antonio Ulloa, who are the brutes?
55775If a climate demand only a shade from the sun or a shelter from the rain, why should men build themselves stately or close habitations?
55775The fiscal now asked me, in a solemn tone, if I knew why I had been summoned to attend at this holy tribunal?
55775The matter at last was broached; I was asked if I knew the reverend father Bustamante?
55775Then, what, let me ask, is left, but misery in appearance, and wretchedness in reality?
55775What expedients have been tried?
55775Who that is possessed of Christian charity could witness this, and, instead of pitying their miserable condition, call them brutes?
55775Why did the Peruvians always build their houses in such sterile situations as labour could never have made fertile?
14914And are there others so blind as not to foresee the consequences?
14914Are these people so base as to be determined to force the squadron to mutiny?
14914Can your Excellency believe, that only one vessel is in the hands of the contractor; and even she is not prepared for sea?
14914Compromised by these declarations, what am I to reply to them?
14914Has an intriguing spirit dictated the refusal of pay to the Chilian navy, whilst the army is doubly paid?
14914How, then, is it_ that they are now paid out of the very money then_ lying at your disposal, I having left untouched ten times as much?
14914I asked him,"Whether he considered that which had been advanced as just, or according to law?"
14914If this plague continues, what will be our lot-- our miserable condition?"
14914Is it proposed thus to alienate the minds of the men from their present service, and by such policy to obtain them for the service of Peru?
14914It was gravely argued amongst them as to what I, a foreigner, could intend by purchasing an estate in Chili?
14914It was therefore put to my liberality and honourable character whether I would not give up to the Government all that the squadron had acquired?
14914San Martin now turned round to the Admiral, and said--''Are you aware, my Lord, that I am Protector of Peru?''
14914This being so, why are matters pushed to this extremity?
14914To my country I owe my life and the position I hold-- from having contributed to its welfare-- can I then neglect the duty that I owe to it?
14914Was the reduction of Peru to the most degrading slavery, the means to make us or even himself happy?"
14914Were not the army and the people ready to support your measures, and did not the latter call aloud for their expulsion?
14914What good can be arrived at by a crooked path that can not be attained by a straight and open way?
14914What is the meaning of all this, Monteagudo?
14914What political necessity existed for any temporary concealment of the sentiments of Government in regard to the fate of the Spaniards in Peru?
14914What would they say, were the Protector to refuse to pay the expense of that expedition which placed him in his present elevated situation?
14914Who has advised a tortuous policy and the concealment of the real sentiments and intentions of Government?
14914Why, Sir, is the word"immediate"put into your order to go forth from this port?
14914Will your Excellence believe that there are only 120 water casks ready for 4,000 troops and the crews of the squadron?
14914Without agriculture, commerce, industry, personal security, property, and laws, what is society here but a scene of the most afflicting torments?"
14914and, whether I believed that the Government meant to keep its promise, and pay us, or not?
14914of the money at Ancon was right?
14479But how can it be argued that the Government may be required to restore to the enemy prizes lawfully taken in war?
14479But to put generosity out of the question-- is it wise so to do?
14479Can any government then justify the conduct pursued towards me by Brazil?
14479Did this ever occur, even in the slightest possible degree?
14479Do those narrow- minded persons who prompted such a decree, imagine this to be a saving to the country?
14479Est- ce la protection que devoit en attendre l''Agent d''une puissance amie du Brésil?
14479He then asked me if I was the effective Captain of the ship?
14479He then said-- Are you authorised to obey the orders of Captain Crosbie?
14479I asked Gameiro-- if I were to act in such a manner, what would people think of me?
14479Is it possible that the victors can be compelled to make humiliating terms with the vanquished?
14479Is it then justifiable, to suffer the engagements which produced such results to be evaded and set at nought?
14479Mr. Bruce avoit- il pris du mesures de repression?
14479Suppose you were to receive an order from Captain Crosbie, would you obey it?
14479Then you consider yourself the lawful Captain of that ship?
14479Were these services nothing, just as half the Empire had declared itself Republican?
14479and how, under existing circumstances, it can be procured?
14479and whether I was not under the orders of Captain Crosbie?
14479or do they expect that seamen-- especially foreign seamen-- will fight heartily on such terms?
14479the pacification of the Northern provinces?
14479what is the force necessary?
50080A raft? 50080 Aber vy ditn''t he receif i d?"
50080Ain''d ve going along mit you?
50080Am I doing a calk,he muttered,"or are these lamps of mine making a monkey''s fist of their work?
50080And the bogus crew-- who were they?
50080Are you swimming, old ship?
50080Arrest?
50080But how did she know where we were?
50080But what''ll I do for light? 50080 By the way,"asked Matt,"why did n''t you answer the cablegram I sent you from Panama, captain?"
50080Can you make anything out of it, Glennie?
50080Can you rise to it, matey?
50080Dere iss lighdning pugs on der land, und I vonder iss dere lighdning pug fishes in der sea? 50080 Did Pons tell you anything about that French submarine, matey?"
50080Do you mean to say that torpedo that saved you was launched at the_ Grampus_?
50080Do you say I spik untruths?
50080Do you suppose they''d stay below while this scrimmage was going on over their heads? 50080 Do you think the Japs saw you?"
50080For vy nod?
50080For vy should dot odder poat shoot some dorpetos ad us, hey?
50080How aboudt Tick und me?
50080How about you, Matt?
50080How am I to know when we clear the point?
50080How are you down there, Gaines?
50080How can we help it?
50080How could a knife have done that? 50080 How did you fellows know that?"
50080How did you find out about that submarine, and the Japs being in charge of her?
50080How did you get the torpedo?
50080How does he think we could cause the torpedo to act in that manner?
50080How far is the_ Pom_ anchored off the shore, Dick?
50080How will you do it?
50080How you vas keeping off der pottom, Matt?
50080How''ll I steer? 50080 How''s her diving?
50080How''s that?
50080How?
50080I hat gifen you oop for deadt, Matt, und vat shouldt I efer have done mitoudt my bard? 50080 Is Captain Pons in his sober senses?"
50080Is it ze American vay to r- run from ze enemy? 50080 Is that you, Matt?"
50080Meppy,ventured Carl,"ve could lay in a sooply oof gasoline in Lota, und vouldn''t haf to shdop at Valparaiso, huh?
50080No? 50080 Not-- you''re not going down there to- night?"
50080Remember that Pacific Mail boat we spoke yesterday?
50080See anything of the Japs, Dick?
50080Shoot Japs?
50080Something with a shiny head?
50080Suppose I pay you the difference between the salvage and the cost of the torpedo?
50080Sure about that?
50080The Japs got ashore, did they?
50080The crew that Captain Pons took out to the submarine was n''t the right one?
50080The one that told us they had news, in Santiago, that a Japanese boat had got away from the Chilian, Captain Sandoval, below the Strait of Magellan?
50080The question is, where did he come from, and what was he doing there?
50080Then why do n''t we sink?
50080Then, captain, how do you account for the fact that there were six on the_ Pom_ when she reached this bay?
50080There were torpedoes in the French submarine?
50080Vat I care for der kaiser?
50080Vat do you t''ink oof dot? 50080 Vat it iss, den?"
50080Vat it iss?
50080Vat ve going to do, Matt?
50080Vat''s der madder mit him, I vonder?
50080Vell, vat''s der odds aboudt der tifference? 50080 We''d better have breakfast before we tackle the valves, had n''t we, Matt?"
50080Well, what do you think of that?
50080What are Carl and I to do, Matt?
50080What are they shooting at me for?
50080What are you going to do with that, Glennie?
50080What could have set it off?
50080What craft is that?
50080What do you suppose did that, Dick?
50080What do you think of that, Matt?
50080What does Pons say, Glennie?
50080What enemies have we in these waters?
50080What for?
50080What good is the torpedo to you without the submarine?
50080What is it, Glennie?
50080What sort of a sizing do you give it?
50080What under the canopy are you about, Matt?
50080What was it, Dick?
50080What was the discovery?
50080What was up?
50080What''s that behind the thing?
50080What''s the course, matey?
50080What''s the game, matey?
50080What''s the matter with the frog eater?
50080What''s the matter with the motor boys, Matt? 50080 What''s the matter, Dick?"
50080What''s the matter?
50080What''s the reason they''re not tuning up, matey?
50080What''s the rumpus?
50080Where are we to go?
50080Where are we?
50080Where did you address the message, Matt?
50080Where''s Matt?
50080Where''s our next port of call, old ship?
50080Where''s the_ Grampus_?
50080Who fired the torpedo?
50080Why are you making fast, matey?
50080Why is it necessary? 50080 Why,"answered Matt,"who but the Sons of the Rising Sun?"
50080Will you send a party ashore to capture them?
50080Wo n''t the_ Pom_ lay for us as we pull out of the bay, Matt?
50080You are one of the Sons of the Rising Sun?
50080You could tell he was a Yank, just by the way he talks, eh?
50080You had a guess that I had taken the One- way Trail, had n''t you, Matt?
50080You heard how those rascally Japs gave me the slip,_ amigo_?
50080You heard, Matt?
50080You''re giving us a good report, Glennie?
50080You''re not going into the water and give the sharks a chance at you, are you?
50080_ Amigo_,said Captain Sandoval,"you will explain, for my sake, to my honorable friend, Captain Pons?"
50080_ Ay de mi_,breathed Captain Sandoval,"did you ever hear of anything so wonderful?"
50080_ Pom?_echoed Dick.
50080_ That''s_ what you went under the wharf for, eh? 50080 And has it been stolen?
50080Are we going to let it get away from us?"
50080But where were the other two Japs?
50080But who were they?
50080Ca n''t she remain submerged longer than an hour with her ballast tanks full and her electric motor quiet?"
50080Ca n''t you understand this business, Glennie?
50080Can you see anything of the Whitehead, Glennie?"
50080Can you steer for the rest of the night, Speake?"
50080Eh?"
50080Had they returned to the_ Pom_?
50080Have you got a match?"
50080How could any of our men cause the Whitehead to disappear in that fashion?"
50080How iss der vay oof it, Matt?"
50080How you come to be like dot, hey?"
50080How you make dot oudt?"
50080I am to have him, eh?"
50080I wonder if Matt did n''t know there was another submarine in these waters?"
50080Is it not so?"
50080Is there another submarine in these waters?
50080It vas der Chaps-- who else vould dry to plow der_ Grampus_ oudt oof water?
50080Matt could keep afloat, but to what purpose?
50080Removed unnecessary quote after"six yellow men?"
50080So vat''s to be done aboudt it?"
50080Understand?"
50080Vat''s der answer?"
50080Vich vould you radder be, der Chaps or us?"
50080Was it the search light of the_ Grampus_, or a gleam from the other boat?
50080What are those chimneys and all that smoke over there?"
50080What caused it, Dick?
50080What do you think, Speake?"
50080What''s the use of fussing with it?"
50080Where the dickens did you get hold of a raft, Matt?"
50080Where was that fellow?"
50080Where were you when that torpedo went off?"
50080Where, then, did this extra Jap come in?
50080Who was down there to cut the rope?"
50080Why?"
50080With Matt down, could he and Carl successfully beat off the six yellow men?
50080Would it be possible for him to keep on the surface until his friends on the submarine discovered his absence and put back to his rescue?
50080You brought me below?"
50080where were they?