middy

• What was there in his manner, or the shape of his forehead, or his expression, that rendered her perfectly certain that he had nothing to fear from all the hydrographers ever born Why, even in my time, I can remember, when the middy was allowed a good deal more law,' he continued; and now he had sat down beside her, and her eyes met his quite frankly. —  The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols
• A young middy, apparently about fifteen years of age, then made his appearance at the entrance of the City Hall, bearing a United States flag. —  The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner
• In the strength of his indignation our middy was on the point of commencing a tremendous struggle, when Peter the Great's "_don't resist_," and the emphasis with which it had been spoken, came to mind, and he suddenly gave in. —  The Middy and the Moors An Algerine Story
• But I's much more 'plexed about Hester, for eben if de sailor am a good an' true man, as you say, he can't keep her or his-self alibe on not'ing in de mountains, no more'n he could swim wid her on his back across de Mederainyon Again the middy was silent for a time. —  The Middy and the Moors An Algerine Story
• It looked too small for a man, yet its movements seemed too intelligent for a dog or a stray donkey Stay here, I will soon find out," whispered Foster, drawing his pistol, and bounding towards the object in question It ran from him, but our middy was swift of foot. —  The Middy and the Moors An Algerine Story

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