Vulgar words in The Old Merchant Marine; A chronicle of American ships and sailors (Page 1)

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At 9 tacked ship again and past just to Leeward of the Sail which appeared to be a damn'd Comical Boat, by G-d." * From the manuscript collections of the Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.

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An immortal phrase, this simple dictum of first mate Hudson of the Betsy, "Out she goes, or down she goes," and not unworthy of being mentioned in the same breath with Farragut's "Damn the torpedoes."

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