Captain Hicks

Fanny says, “He seems very kind and good-natured: and — and Captain Hicks waltzes very well,” says Miss

The Kickleburys on the Rhine 2006

The master of the _Goshawk_ knew him; Captain Hicks had been astrogator on Rhysling's first trip in her.

The Past Through Tomorrow Heinlein, Robert A. 1967

Mr. Gibney welcomed Captain Hicks with a terrific right swing, which missed; before he could guard, Dan Hicks had planted left and right where they would do the most good and Mr. Gibney went into a clinch to save himself further punishment.

Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Gordon [Illustrator] Grant 1918

On the approach of Cornwallis he recruited a company, and was present in the battle of Guilford, and, like Captain Hicks, behaved with great personal gallantry.

Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians John Hill 1884

Jumper, who saw what was necessary to be done, and Captain Hicks, who both lay next the Mole, had pushed on shore with their pinnaces and some other boats before the rest could come up.

John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

"And to drink tea constantly with that American lady; and you have written verses in her album; and in Lavinia's album; and as I saw that you had quite thrown me off, why I-- my brother approves of it highly; and -- and Captain Hicks likes you very much, and says you amuse him very much -- indeed he does," says the arch little wretch.

The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

“And to drink tea constantly with that American lady; and you have written verses in her album; and in Lavinia’s album; and as I saw that you had quite thrown me off, why I — my brother approves of it highly; and — and Captain Hicks likes you very much, and says you amuse him very much — indeed he does,” says the arch little wretch.

The Kickleburys on the Rhine 2006

a Lieutenant, who had been sent to inform me of my brother's being on board, I got up off the gun: but instead of telling me about my brother, he told me that Captain Hicks was very angry with me and wanted to see me.

Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803