 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1804 - 308 pages
...the trees in front of us, a thin, high, trembling voice struck up the well-known air and words: — " Fifteen men on the dead man's chest — Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum ! " I never have seen men more dreadfully affected than the pirates. The colour went from their six... | |
 | 1892 - 890 pages
...again be disturbed by old rovers coming home to frighten quiet people by swearing and singing, — Fifteen men on the dead man's chest, Yo-ho-ho, and...had done for the rest, Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum 1 Yet it was just possible that Mart's gains were illgotten, and that they were very literally " filthy... | |
 | 1893 - 688 pages
...bottle of rum 1 " The quotation is from RL Stevenson's famous ' Treasure Island,' and should be— Fifteen men on the dead man's chest— Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum ! FC BIBKBECK TERRY. WEST JUDIAN SUPERSTITIONS CONCERNING BIRDS' EGGS.— 1. If yon eat blue birds'... | |
 | 1917 - 712 pages
...Nip, Walter De Maris. Westmacott, Flohri. /im. and others Judge i • Printed by the Schwelnler Preea. "Fifteen men on The Dead Man's Chest — Yo-ho-ho,...for the rest — • Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum." This rude chantey roared through the rum seared throats of that picturesquely villainous trio, Pew,... | |
 | 1916 - 724 pages
...the enthusiasm of Kingsley and from the suggestion of this Dead Chest, Stevenson wrote his famous, "Fifteen men on the Dead Man's chest, Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!" It was Thursday, June 22nd, the Coronation Day of George Fifth and Queen Mary when we dropped anchor... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1883 - 338 pages
...trees in front of us, a thin, high, trembling voice struck up the well-known air and words : — " Fifteen men on the dead man's chest— Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum ! " I never have seen men more dreadfully affected than the pirates. The colour went from their six... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1883 - 366 pages
...the trees in front of us, a thin, high, trembling voice struck up the well-known air and words :— " Fifteen men on the dead man's chest— Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of ruin ! " I never have seen men more dreadfully affected than the pirates. The colour went from their... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1884 - 328 pages
...whole diminished company about the camp fire had broken into the chorus I had heard so often : — " Fifteen men on the dead man's chest — Yo-ho-ho,...of rum ! Drink and the devil had done for the rest — To-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum ! " I was just thinking how busy drink and the devil were at that... | |
 | 1884 - 656 pages
...name.'' The very refrain which all the pirates take up, — from Billy Bones to old Flint's ghost, — Fifteen men on the dead man's chest, — • Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum, — has in it something reckless, desperate, and suggestive of wickedness untold. The interest begins... | |
 | 1892 - 658 pages
...to frighten quiet people by swearing and jsinging— Fifteen men on the dead man's chest, Yo ho- ho, and a bottle of rum ; Drink and the devil had done for the rest, Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum ! Yet it was just possible that Mait's gains were illgotten, and that they were very literally " filthy... | |
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Fifteen men on the dead man's chest — Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! 
