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21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I wonder how the tide is now, observed Mr Turnbull to me;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not if I can find a hole, replied I, looking for one."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Stop, here is one. I threw in a piece of ice, and found that it was strong ebb.... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You have been very kind to me, sir--very kind--and I shall never forget it; and I hope I shall deserve it--but--Mr Drummond, and Mrs Drummond, and Sarah, were also kind to me--very kind to me--you know the rest. I will remain as I am, if you please; and if you wish to do me a ki... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Who do you think has been here?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I cannot guess, replied I."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not old Tom and his son?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No; I don't think it was old Tom, but it was such an old quiz--w... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And many strange sights I've seen, And long I've been a rover, And everywhere I've been, But now the wars are over. I've been across the line, Where the sun will burn your nose off; And I've been in northern climes, Where the frost would bite your toes off. Fal de ral, fal de ra... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Whew! what's in the wind now, Jacob? Why, we parted the best friends in the world,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sheer off yourself, Tom, replied I, laughing;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, oh! so the wind's in that quarter, is it? replied Tom."
... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I say, master Tom, don't you make too free with your betters,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nay, replied the Dominie,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Very true, old gentleman, and I axes your pardon, and here's my hand upon it."
},
{
"from": "gp... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I say, Master Stapleton, suppose we were to knock out half a port, observed old Tom, after a silence of two minutes;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Stapleton gave a nod of assent, and I rose and put the upper window down a few inches."
},
{
"from": "human",
... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's an ill wind that blows nobody good, observed old Stapleton;"
}
] |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jacob, said she, in continuation,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I think you have used me very ill to humble me in this manner. It was your business to make it up first."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am not aware that I have been in the wrong,"
},
... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Boat, sir?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, thanky, my lad. I want old Stapleton--is he here?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, sir, but this is his boat."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Humph, can't he take me down?"
},
{
"from": ... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What's the matter with deaf Stapleton?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nothing, sir; but he's getting old, and has made the boat over to me."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Are you his son?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, sir, his 'prentice... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Have you been long on the river?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Born on it, sir."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How do you like the profession of a waterman?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Very well, sir; the great point is to have regular c... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Order, order!"
}
] |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Recollect, said he, on paying me,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Jacob, sir."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Very well; good morning, my lad."
}
] |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jacob, there be that old gentleman up at our house with Mary. Now, I sees a great deal, but I says nothing. Mary will be her mother over again, that's sartain. Suppose you go and see your old teacher, and leave me to look a'ter a customer. I begin to feel as if handling the scul... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Boat, sir,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My affairs do even drag me homeward. Go on; I'll follow thee, replied he, leaping into the boat."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Our fortune lies in this jump."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Down, sir... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There's a dandy young man,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Plead you to me, fair dame? I know you not; At Ephesus I am but two hours old, As strange unto your town as to your talk."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, he be a reg'lar rum cove, I've a not... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, by two-headed Janus,"
}
] |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And now, continued he, addressing me,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That my name was Jacob--that I was a waterman, and born on the river."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I find thee apt; but tell me, art thou perfect that our ship hath touched upon the ... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "DIVARTING VAGABONDS,"
}
] |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, Jacob, no; this day you will not carry Caesar and his fortunes, but I have an order for you."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Thank you; sir; what is the play?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The play--pooh! no play; but I hope it will prove a farce, n... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Look out for Jacob, Tom,"
}
] |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Here he is, father,"
}
] |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is as it should be, my boy, both on the look-out for each other. The heart warms when we know the feeling is on both sides. You're seldom out of our thoughts, boy, and always in our hearts. Now, jump forward, for Tom's fretting to greet you, I see, and you may just as well ... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And how's Mary? inquired Tom;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have had a few words with her about it, and she has promised to be wiser, replied I;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She's a fine craft, observed old Tom,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"va... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I've a notion there'll be some fun, Jacob, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I think so, too; but you've towed me two miles, and I must be off again, or I shall lose my dinner; so good-bye;"
}
] |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jacob, said Tom,"
}
] |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Fair Titania, said he to the lady who appeared to demand, and therefore received, the most attention,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Many thanks, good Puck, replied the lady;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Pease-blossom and Mustard-seed are much to blam... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is all our company here? said a pert-looking, little pug-nosed man, who had taken upon himself the part of Quince the carpenter, in the Midsummer Night's Dream."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You, Nick Bottom, continued he, addressing another,"
}
] |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll just thank you, replied this personage, whose real name was Winterbottom,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, Mr Winterbottom, surely you are not about to sow the seeds of discord so early. Look at the scene before you--hear how the birds are singing, how merrily... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And, therefore, will we try the effect of it upon his senses. Mr Tinfoil then played the air in"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Midas"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Pray, Goody, please to moderate,"
}
] |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You can play no part but Pyramus; for Pyramus is a sweet-faced man--a proper man as one shall see on a summer's day; a most lovely, gentleman-like man; therefore, you must needs play Pyramus."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Take care I don't play the devil with your p... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But Time sent the feathery arrow back, Hope's boat of Amaranthus miss'd its track; Then Love bade its butterfly pilots move, And laughing, said `They shall see how Love Can conquer Time.'"
}
] |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There's a sweet place, said Tinfoil, pointing to a villa on the Thames;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now, with the fair Titania and ten thousand a-year, one could there live happy."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm afraid the fair Titania must go to ... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is no manager's feast, said Tinfoil;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "All the manager's stage banquets are farces, and very sorry jokes into the bargain,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I wish old Morris had to eat his own suppers."
},
{
"from... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What's the matter?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm--I'm not very well--I--I'm afraid something has disagreed with me. I'm very ill,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It must be the salad, said one of the ladies;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value":... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I--I--really believe that the night is damp--the dew falls--the seat is damp, fair Titania."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It's only fancy, Mr Winterbottom, replied Titania who was delighted with his situation."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jean trouse... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It was cruel to punish him so, Mr Tinfoil,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Cruel punishment! Why, yes; a sort of _impailment_,"
}
] |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "SETS HIS HOUSE IN ORDER --MRS. T THINKS SUCH CONDUCT VERY DISORDERLY--THE CAPTAIN AT HIS OLD TRICKS WITH HIS HARPOON--HE PAYS HIS LADY'S DEBTS OF HONOUR, AND GIVES THE APPLICANT A QUITTANCE UNDER HIS OWN FOOT--MONSIEUR AND MADAME TAGLIABUE WITHDRAW FROM THE SOCIETY OF"
},
{
... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, sir, replied the old woman at the lodge, who was very communicative, and very friendly with me;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Where is Mr Turnbull?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He is in his own room, sir, replied the man;"
}
] |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My dear Jacob, this is very kind of you. I did mean to scold you for not coming before; but I'm too glad to see you to find the heart now. But why have you kept away so long?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have really been very well employed, sir. Stapleton has giv... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ah! Monsieur T, I hope madame is better. Madame Tagliabue did nothing but cry all last night when she heard the very bad news about de debt, and all dat."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Very much obliged to Madame, replied Turnbull, gruffly;"
},
{
"from": "hum... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And now you see, Jacob, what a revolution has taken place; not very pleasant, I grant, but still it was very necessary. I have since been paying all my bills, for the report of my being in difficulty has brought them in fast enough; and I find that in these last five months my w... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jacob, my boy, I want you to come down to my old shop one of these days. What day will you be able to come? The lighter will be here for a fortnight at least, I find from Mr Tomkins, as she waits for a cargo coming by canal, and there is no other craft expected above bridge, so ... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How much for to go to the other side of the river--how much pence?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Twopence, replied I; but not caring to take him, I continued,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I know very well, but suppose you take me?"
},
{
"from... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I say my prayers,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Very proper; whom did you say them to?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "To my God."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But why don't you say them on shore?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value":... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is a lovely morning, Jacob; but it will be rather a warm day, I expect, said he;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How is Mrs Turnbull, sir?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Pretty well, Jacob; more like the Molly Brown that I married than she has been ... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why should we make a toil of pleasure? I like the upper part of the river best, Jacob, because the water is clear, and I love clear water. How many hours have I, when a boy on board ship, hung over the gunwale of a boat, lowered down in a calm, and watch the little floating obje... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I say, my lads, said he, taking us both for watermen,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, yes, replied Mr Turnbull,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, then, I shall want your services, perhaps, for not more than an hour; it may be a little longer, as t... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, we've plenty of time; just pull quietly for the present. We continued down the river, and after we had passed Kew Bridge, he directed us in shore, on the right side, till we came to a garden sweeping down to the river from a cottage _ornee_, of large dimensions, about fifty... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Stop, in that boat! stop!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Fire, if they don't,"
}
] |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, said Mr Turnbull,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, replied I, laughing,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, but what a pretty mess we are in: here we have property belonging to God knows whom; and what are we to do with it?"
},
{
"from"... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Have you anything in your boat, my man? said he."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nothing, sir,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Tell me, did you see a boat with two men in it as you came along?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, sir, replied I,... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It was indeed fortunate that the box was landed, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It has been running in my head the whole night, and I have been trying it all the way as I pulled here. I think I have it exact. Hear, sir."
},
{
"from": "human",
"va... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Who are you? and who sent you?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No one sent me ma'am, replied I,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You were one of the men in the boat. I trust no one was hurt when they fired at you?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "IMPLICATION"
}
] |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, Jacob--come at last--thought you had forgot us; piped to breakfast at eight bells--always do, you know,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Have you had your breakfast, Jacob?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, replied I;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jacob, sit down by me; old woman, bring yourself to an anchor in the high chair. Tom, sit anywhere, so you sit still."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And leave my net alone, Tom, cried his mother, in parenthesis.--"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You see,... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Did the old woman show you the room with the white curtains, Jacob?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, replied I,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, Jacob, there's nothing sure in this world. You're well off at present, and `leave well alone' is a go... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jacob, said she, looking earnestly at me,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, Miss Sarah, I can refuse _you_ nothing."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why _Miss_, Jacob?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am a waterman, and you are much above me... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I beg your pardon, Mr Drummond, said I, as soon as I could speak;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have been very wrong in being so revengeful after so much kindness from you."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We both have been wrong--but say no more on th... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That I will, with pleasure, and without asking what you intend to do with it, Jacob. How much do you require?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Thirty pounds, if there is so much."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Did not young Beazeley tell you I had somethi... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "As for me, Jacob, said Tom,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That I'm sure of, Tom."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Still, Jacob, it is a great deal of money, and I shall lay by my earnings as fast as I can, that you may have it in case you want it; but it... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I tell you I can spin an oar with any man in the king's service, said the man in the bow,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now look."
}
] |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hilloa! waterman! cried another, perceiving me,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Help, waterman; help me first; I'm senior clerk, cried a voice which I well knew. I put out my oar to him as he struggled in the water, and soon had him clinging to the wherry. I then trie... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Pull me in--pull me in, waterman!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No; you will swamp the boat."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, but pull me in, if not the others. I'm the senior clerk."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Can't help that; you m... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Have you got them all, waterman?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, sir, I believe so; I have four."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The tally is right, replied he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Thank you, sir, no occasion for that, it's not... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Little did I think, Jacob, said he, at last,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am happy, sir, replied I,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jacob, in what part of a man's life does he not require comfort and consolation; yea, even from the time when, as a ch... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes; it is a beautiful world for the Spirit of God is on it. At the separation of chaos it came over the water, and hath since remained with us, everywhere, but invisible. We see his hand in the variety and the beauty of creation, but his Spirit we see not; yet do we feel it in ... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Faithful, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I followed him, and as soon as we were in a room, he said,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "First, let me pay my debt, for I owe you much; and he laid five guineas on the table."
},
{
"from": "gpt"... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "NO MISTAKE."
}
] |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "In the meantime I still followed up my profession in another house, in which I at present am a partner. Four years after the return of my uncle James to India news came home of his death; but it was also stated that no will could be found, and it was supposed that he died intest... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am so much indebted to you, sir, that I can hardly express my gratitude, but I am still more indebted to this intelligent lad, Faithful. You must no longer be a waterman, Faithful,"
}
] |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You may truly say, Mr Wharncliffe, observed Mr Turnbull,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And I will take that, replied I,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And now, said Mr Turnbull, interrupting Mr Wharncliffe, who was about to answer me,"
}
] |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What did you want?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I wanted to speak with Mrs or Miss Drummond, and my name is Faithful."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And wipe your shoes, my lad."
}
] |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jacob, I'm so glad to see you, and I'm sorry that you were made to wait below, but--if people who can be otherwise will be watermen, it is not our fault. The servants only judge by appearances."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The present I had to make you was a purse ... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, Jacob, said Sarah, coming to me,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "So go down to your boat, pull off your jacket, and make up for lost time, continued she;"
}
] |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jacob, said Tom to me, pulling his wherry into the _hard_, alongside of mine, in which I was sitting with one of Mr Turnbull's books in my hand;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Jacob, do you recollect that my time is up to-morrow? I shall have run off my seven years, ... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Speak to the first lieutenant--there he is,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If you please, sir--"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What the devil do you want?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A boat, sir, to--"
},
{
"from": "human",
"v... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Tom, said I,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Wait one moment to see if they will help us--and get our money, at all events,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come on board, sir,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You've broke your leave, sir, replie... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I think, Jacob, we may as well help,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "With all my heart,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's what I like, my lads, said he;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I hope you won't forget that we are apprentices, sir, ... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Prepare to weigh, and send boat for captain."
}
] |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My lads, as it so happens that we are all to trust to the same planks, it may be just as well that we should understand one another. I _like_ to see my officers attentive to their duty, and behave themselves as gentlemen. I _like_ to see my men well disciplined, active, and sobe... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Perhaps, sir, you do not recollect me; but we met one night when you were sinking in a wherry, and you asked my name."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And I recollect it, my lad; it was Faithful, was it not?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, sir;"
},
... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, if the man is an acquaintance of yours, Mr Wilson, we certainly must decide, replied the captain with mock politeness."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Where is he? I advanced, and Tom followed me. We stated our case."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I ... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, Tom, said I,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That's just my opinion, Jacob. Hang care; it killed the cat; I shall make the best of it, and I don't see why we may not be as happy here as anywhere else. Father says we may, if we do our duty, and I don't mean to sh... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My lads, he would say to the ship's company, sending for them aft,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And sure enough it was try again, until in a minute and a-half it was accomplished. Then the captain would say,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I knew you c... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Confound that fellow, said the captain to the first lieutenant;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We all thought that Tom was about to catch it."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hark ye, my lad, said the captain;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Be... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sail ho!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Strange sail reported."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Right under the sun."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Mast-head there--do you make her out?"
},... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Very good, my lad. I have her, Mr Knight, said the captain, who had directed his glass to where I pointed;"
}
] |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And the privateer, Tom, I hope we shall take her; it will be some comfort to me that she is captured."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I think we shall, if the masts stand, Jacob; but we have an enormous press of sail, as you may guess by the way in which the frigate j... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Faithful, said the purser,"
}
] |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Faithful--why what's the matter? Are you ill, or--? I could not reply, but I put the letter into his hand. He read the contents, expressed his astonishment by occasional exclamations."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I wish you joy, my lad, and may it be my turn next t... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's all right, Faithful, here is your discharge, and an order for your passage home."
}
] |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, Jacob, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have news to tell you. Mary says that Mr Turnbull is dead, and has left her father 200 pounds, and that she has been told that he has left you something handsome."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He h... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, said Tom,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have my discharge here, replied I,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Better still. I am so happy, Jacob; so happy. But what _is_ to become of me?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You shall soon fol... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jacob Faithful, you are aware there is an order for your discharge, said he, kindly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You will be discharged this afternoon into the _Astrea_; she is ordered home, and will sail with despatches in a few days. You have conducted yourself ... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jacob, said he,"
}
] |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Boat, sir! A crowd of recollections poured into my mind at the well-known sound; my life appeared to have passed in review in a few seconds, as I took my seat in the stern of a wherry, and directed the waterman to pull up the river. It was a beautiful morning, and even at that e... |
21549 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's my opinion, said old Tom, who left off hammering for a time,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, then, put another piece in,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes; so I will; but I've a notion I shall be out of pocket by this job. Seven-and-sixpence ... |
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