10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BO'S'N»
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bo's'n in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Latitude 19,̊: A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of ...
A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and
Twenty; Being a Faithful Account and True, of the Painful Adventures of the
Skipper, the Bo's'n, the Smith, the Mate, and Cynthia Mrs. Schuyler
Crowninshield.
Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield,
1898
2
The Lady from Colorado: A Novel Based on the True Story of ...
Bo's'n! " I cried. " What is it? What can I do for you? There is a little rum left in the
bottle — take this." I seized the bottle and tried to force some drops down his
throat; but he shook himself away from me, scrambled to the other side of the
cave, ...
3
St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks
mountain, where they met a farmer driving along in an old-fashioned wagon, and
he told them they were several miles away from the hotel, so they hired him to
drive them around. But, meantime, Bo's'n thought something must have
happened ...
4
Book Notes: A Monthly Literary Magazine and Review of New Books
He uses one method in telling us, delightfully, of the humorous adventures of "
Hennery and the Bo's'n," and another, entirely different, in such remarkably fine
pieces of word-painting as "From Tide to Tide" and "A Dream," and handles them
...
5
St. Nicholas, conducted by M.M. Dodge
mountain, where they met a farmer driving along in an old-fashioned wagon, and
he told them they were several miles away from the hotel, so they hired him to
drive them around. But, meantime, Bo's'n thought something must have
happened ...
Saint-Nicholas, Mary Elizabeth Dodge,
1882
6
Fleeting Opportunities: Women Shipyard Workers in Portland ...
Portland Committee on Postwar Planning, "Shipyard Survey," summary tables, p.
5, Portland Planning Files; Bo's'n's Whistle, Oregon Ship, December 8, 1944. 48.
Portland Committee on Postwar Planning, "Shipyard Survey," summary tables, ...
7
Starboard Lights: Salt Water Tales
When Hennery saw the bo's'n crawl out of the water hole he nearly fainted with
fright. "Say," he exclaimed hurriedly, "I didn't know it was you! I thought it was a
blamed big walrus! Why didn't you say something?" "Say something?" shrieked
the ...
Julius Washington Muller,
1901
that make out to be some aggravatin', you! “Still, I dunno 's it makes no great odds
, neither, for I cal'late 't would puzzle the ole boy hisself to take an' put a bo't on
the Bo's'n Hill Ground from them marks to-day, 'lowin' we could make out to spell
...
that make oat to be some aggravating you! " Still, I dnnno 's it makes no great
odds, neither, for I cal'late 't would puzzle the ole boy hisself to take an' put a bo't
on the Bo's'n Hill Ground from them marks to - day, 'lowin' we could make out to ...
10
The Chase of the Meteor: And Other Stories
Bo's'n is a real good-natured fellow; he is as strong as a giant almost, and knows
how to do everything. His name is n't really Bo's'n, you know, — it is George
Latham ; but we call him Bo's'n because he was once a real boatswain on a great
...
Edwin Lassetter Bynner,
1891
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BO'S'N»
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bo's'n is used in the context of the following news items.
BOB CURTIS: Helping hand makes difference!
Back in the days when I used to spend school holidays with dad, who was Bo's'n on a Torbay trawler, I remember there was just a wheel, ... «Torquay Herald Express, Jun 15»
A tree at Kagnew Station Asmara in 1968 - my time in Eritrea and …
From early childhood, I had enjoyed being hoisted to the masthead of our family sailboat on the bo's'n's seat, a wooden plank suspended from ... «Caperi, Dec 14»
Leadership memo cites San Antonio fatality
Both, he said, "agreed that no action, punitive or administrative, was either warranted or necessary for both myself and the ship's bo's'n." ... «NavyTimes.com, Mar 11»
Who's Mindful of Who's Apostrophes'?
Its function was to point to elision, and we still come across bo's'n for boson ~ boatswain and o'er for over, though not ship'l for ship full. «OUPblog, Jul 08»