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Henry, the training-ship boy, occupies an anomalous classification.
CHAPTER XLIII 2010
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Olansen, the crank-eyed Berserker, has been killed by Wada, and the training-ship boy, the one lone cadet of our breed, has gone overside with the regulation sack of coal at his feet.
CHAPTER XLVII 2010
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Japanese sail-makers, Henry the training-ship boy, and the other boy
CHAPTER XLII 2010
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Again he called, with a marked change of voice, and the Henry he called to I concluded was the training-ship boy.
CHAPTER VIII 2010
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He did not look sailor-like, as did Henry, the training-ship boy; and yet I felt at once that he was a sailor, and an able one.
CHAPTER IX 2010
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Paddy was next, and in order came Shorty, Henry the training-ship boy, and Nancy, last, of course, and looking as if he were going to execution.
CHAPTER XXX 2010
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In fact, the training-ship boy, Henry, is the only one who has never lapsed.
CHAPTER XLV 2010
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We also passed a big wooden ship built in the time of Nelson that is being used as a training-ship for cadets -- as we steamed slowly by, hundreds of the cadets were clustered on the masts and rigging, and they gave us a great burst of cheers.
Into the Jaws of Death Jack O'Brien
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_Britannia_, which carried the Admiral's flag in the Black Sea early in the Crimean War, had been broken up in 1870, the year before our visit, having done duty at Dartmouth as a training-ship since 1863.
From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor
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The harbour was at one time large enough to hold the whole British navy, and was considered very safe, as the entrance could be so easily defended, but its only representative now appeared to be an enormous three-decker wooden ship, named the _Britannia_, used as a training-ship for naval officers.
From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor
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