The pilot: a tale of the sea. By J. Fenimore Cooper.

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"'.! T ata are not weakened by untdue iartbheniti
of thi s natutre;-) interruptlled his captain~, sign.. l -
eattttly;'' iwi te let tlhe. 1:Vws:of i tlhis a ttlir reach
the. canrs of, those ttungry dratgools, they wo)lu i
charge upon us openi mouthed, like a pack of
fanished b:aglCs, and clanii at least half the "ccil
and cetainlt y all thelt profit."
B" Bl.tt, yotur h'.(ontr, there was not, a. man co
them tc t l..........: No matter, Drill; I'vero known troops tlha.
h:ave beenl cngag(d, ad lta\ve Stlel'd, Clheatetti
out of their share. of victory,.by (a w' cllt-Aordedl
(Ides.atch. None hltow, "f'lhlkow, that int t}te -;Inokc
alit col't:tiusiot otf b lat:tite ta man cat n:'sl1n' scc
what passes ne(ar lImit',t, and common prudernce rec~
quirc' th;at It: only ncention inl his ollici-l llettes.
w\ha'mt Iti knows} cant' 8 t he easily conth raticted.'l'lts
yolur Ind:iais, l land itlde'tC ll t allieCs, atre Iot e(ntt-i
tic'd to the lrith;t of a etl nel.'al o'lderl1:, any ioit'. thait
to the right of parade. Now, I dare say, v.ont
htet t teard of1 a. certtin battle of tBlenheim''
"; ord1! youlll' to1)nu r tis tlwhe pnridtc of tthe
Britishtt aimy, thathtat atn(d the( C(Jullodet'.'Iwas wthen
tI}ie:.. gmtea t: CorpratI Johli }htcat t}t I;trlcnch lking.
an:tli tt is lor is antti lobility, wtitIh half hlis natioit
in arnis to I)aclk )Itir t~
- A' y! thei'e is a-. little of the >barrack reathtings
in the acoutlit, i)tt it; is substia.t tially ttrue; klow
Syou tow mant'y i rench were it the field, that dia:yt
M-Xstcrl D)riI1 D?~
";; Ilave never see n, the total s of theitri muster,
sir, in I)imit, bitt judging by the diffterence betwixt.
the ittiols, I slottul(t snppose some ltlndrlds of
th gltttiu.rsa >oa
-.tAnd yet, to, op>pose this vast a; tmy, the dukes
had only some ten or twelvey thoustand well-fed
Iwl isheltn' You look astoundted soergeant!"
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