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  • The author of "Cloudesley," enumerating the qualifications necessary to

    Newton Forster The Merchant Service Frederick Marryat 1820

  • Whatever we may think, however, of the introduction of scenes that were of sufficient importance to suggest such books as "Cloudesley" and "Guy

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 Various

  • Possibly that is what Cloudesley and I thought, that sombre, leaden morning as we turned out to cook breakfast and wash decks.

    SMALL-BOAT SAILING 2010

  • And when, in the middle of the cruise, Toddy was called back to San Francisco on business, Cloudesley and I saw to it that the Korean boy mixed toddies regularly for us according to formula.

    Chapter 29 2010

  • When living at Wake Robin he filled the cabins, tents, and every spare cot with his friends and intimates: George Sterling, Cloudesley Johns, James Hopper, his socialist and anarchist friends, newspapermen, sailors, tramps, and comrades that fitted into no apparent category.

    Welcome to Beauty Ranch 2010

  • When Cloudesley let a coil of rope slip down the inclined deck into the vile slime and fished it out with seasick countenance, the yokels sniggered louder and it was all I could do to prevent him from climbing up on the wharf and committing murder.

    SMALL-BOAT SAILING 2010

  • Many another gallon I bought, for Cloudesley and I got into the habit of drinking a certain hot toddy that actually tasted delicious going down and that carried the most exhilarating kick imaginable.

    Chapter 29 2010

  • On previous trips Cloudesley had elected to drink beer; so I had kept the yacht supplied with beer and had drunk beer with him.

    Chapter 29 2010

  • On the particular trip I have in mind, Cloudesley and Toddy came along.

    Chapter 29 2010

  • Cloudesley sounded with a boat-hook along the outside.

    SMALL-BOAT SAILING 2010

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